Water → Ethyl 6,7-difluoro-1-methyl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylate

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6,7-Difluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (10.0 g, 39.5 mmol), methyl iodide (56 g, 395 mmol) and potassium carbonate (10.9 g, 79 mmol) were combined in dimethylformamide and heated to 90° for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and poured into cold water (1.5 l). The precipitate was filtered, washed with cold water and recrystallized from ethyl acetate to yield the title product as white needles, m.p. 210°-212° (6.60 g, 24.7 mmol, 63% yield).

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