Ethyl Acetate → 6-Methoxy-3-(4-methoxy-benzylsulfanyl)-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester

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A mixture of 6-methoxy-3-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (3.69 g, 10.10 mmol, 1.0 eq), (4-methoxy-phenyl)-methanethiol (3.43 g, 22.22 mmol, 2.2 eq), 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethylxanthene (409 mg, 0.71 mmol, 0.07 eq), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (925 mg, 1.01 mmol, 0.1 eq) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (3.46 mL, 20.20 mmol, 2.0 eq) in dioxane (40 mL) is heated under reflux for 16 hours, then filtered through decalite and concentrated to give a residue that is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: petroleum ether:ethyl acetate, 5:1, v/v) to afford 6-methoxy-3-(4-methoxy-benzylsulfanyl)-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester as an off-white solid (3.30 g, 88% yield).

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