Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(7-Fluoroquinolin-8-YL)piperidin-4-one

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To a solution of 8-(1.4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4.5]dec-8-yl)-7-fluoroquinoline (Step 2, 1.73 g) in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) was added aq. 2N aqueous HCl (10 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature, poured into 2.5 N aqueous NaOH and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel using hexane/ethyl acetate to give 1.17 g of the desired product as a yellow oil; MS (ES) m/z (relative intensity): 245 (M+H)+ (100).

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