Triethylamine → 4-Quinolone-3-carboxylic acid

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A suspension of 3.02 g (10 mmole) of 1-ethyl-5-amino-6,7,8-trifluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro quinoline-3-carboxylic acid, 1.93 g (15 mmole) of N-ethyl-3-pyrrolidinemethanamine, 3.0 g (30 mmole) of triethylamine and 100 ml of acetonitrile is refluxed for 18 hours. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature and the precipitate is removed by filtration, washed with acetonitrile, ether, and dried in vacuo to give 1-ethyl-5-amino-6,8-difluoro-7-[3-(ethylamino)methyl-1-pyrrolidinyl)]-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid.

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