Ammonium Hydroxide → 2,8-Dimethylquinolin-7-ol

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To 3-amino-2-methylphenol (5.0 g, 41 mmol) in refluxing 6N HCl (100 mL) was added dropwise (E)-but-2-enal (5.7 g, 81 mmol) and the reaction was heated to reflux for 2 hours. After cooling, the reaction was neutralized with ammonium hydroxide and extracted with DCM. The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 2,8-dimethylquinolin-7-ol (9.0 g, 51% yield) as a brown solid.

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