Iodine → 7-Nitroisoquinoline

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Reaction Steps

Under refluxing, a solution of iodine (4.0 g, 15.9 mmol) in ethanol (56 mL) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 31-2 (2.0 g, 9.34 mmol) in ethanol (24 mL) during 5 h. Then the resulted mixture was stirred for a further 66 h. The solvent was removed and the residual was loaded onto a silica gel chromatography column (PE:EA=6:1) to give 31-3 as a brown dark solid (602 mg, yield 36%).

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