Sodium Carbonate → 5-Bromo-8-nitroisoquinoline

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5-Bromo-isoquinoline (100 mg, 0.48 mmol) was suspended in 0.58 mL of concentrated H2SO4. To this solution was added KNO3 (68 mg, 0.58 mmol) in 0.48 mL of concentrated H2SO4. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours, poured into water/ice, neutralized with 2.0 M Na2CO3, and extracted with EtOAc three times The combined organic layers were washed brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated under vacuum to give 121 mg of the title product. MS (DCI) m/e 255 (M+H)+; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.0 (s, 1H), 9.39 (s, 1H), 8.85 (d, J=5.76 Hz, 1H), 8.17-8.22 (m, 2H), 8.12 (d, J=8.14 Hz, 1H).

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