Ammonium Acetate → HCID 90132501, compound

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Reaction Steps

1.3 g of tert-butyl 4-oxo-6-(trifluoromethyl)-3,4-dihydroquinoline-1(2H)-carboxylate (Example 159A, 4 mmol, 1 equivalent) were initially charged in 12.6 ml of ethanol, and 4.6 g of ammonium acetate (59.5 mmol, 15 equivalents) and 0.3 g of sodium cyanoborohydride (4.8 mmol, 1.2 equivalents) were added. The reaction mixture was divided and each portion was irradiated in a microwave oven at 130° C. for 1 min. The mixture was then concentrated and the residue was taken up in ethyl acetate and washed with water. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated. The crude product obtained was purified on silica gel (mobile phase: dichloromethane/ethyl acetate: 5/1, then dichloromethane/methanol:10/1). This gave 0.84 g (78% of theory) of the title compound.

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