Ethanol → 2-(Furan-2-yl)quinoline-4-carboxylic acid

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5 g (34.0 mmol) of isatin, 4 ml (40.8 mmol) of 2-acetylfuran and 6.3 g (112.2 mmol) of potassium hydroxide were dissolved in 40.9 ml of abs. EtOH and the slurry heated at 80° C. for 12 hours. After cooling of the reaction mixture, 50 ml of water were added and the solution extracted with 50 ml of Et2O. The ice-cooled aqueous phase was acidified to pH 1 with 37% HCl and the precipitate collected by filtration and washed with water. The crude product obtained was dried in-vacuo at 40° C. to yield 8.5 g of the title compound.

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