Acetone → 7-(4-Chlorobutoxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolin-2-one

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1-bromo-4-chloro-butane (3.4 g, 20 mmol), anhydrous potassium carbonate powder (4.14 g, 30 mmol) and 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinolinone (1.63 g, 10 mmol) are added to 10 ml of acetone and reflux for 24 hours. The reaction solution is evaporated to dryness and dispersed with 20 ml of dichloromethane and 20 ml of water respectively. The organic layer is extracted with water (20 ml×2) and saturated saline (20 ml) successively, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and evaporated to dryness, to obtain a light yellow powder. The resulting powder is slurried with n-hexane (20 ml×3), filtered, and dried to obtain 1.98 g of 7-(4-chlorobutoxy)-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinolinone, with a yield of 78%.

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