Water → Methyl 4-benzyloxy-5,7-dichloroquinoline-2-carboxylate

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To a suspension of methyl 5,7-dichloro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-2-carboxylate (3 g) in dry dimethyl-formamide (20 ml) was added potassium carbonate (6.1 g) followed by benzyl bromide (1.44 ml) and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water (100 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 ml), the organic layers were combined and washed with water (2×100 ml), 1M hydrochloric acid (1×100 ml), brine (2×100 ml) and dried over magnesium sulphate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the crude product purified by column chromatography to give methyl 4-benzyloxy-5,7-dichloroquinoline-2-carboxylate (2.8 g). δ (360 MHz, DMSO-d6) 3.95 (3H, s, OCH3), 5.48 (2H, s, CH2), 7.35 (1H, d, p-ArH), 7.38 (2H, t, m-ArH), 7.46 (2H, d, o-ArH), 7.59 (1H, s, 3-H), 7.83 (1H, d, 6-H) and 8.11 (1H, d, 8-H).

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