Sodium Hydroxide → 8-Fluoro-1-methyl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinol-3-yl methanesulphonate

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Methanesulphonyl chloride (1.1 g) d to a solution of 8-fluoro-3-hydroxy-1 -methyl-4-quinolone (1.83 g) and sodium hydroxide (0.6 g) in water (15 ml) and the resultant mixture stirred at 0 to 5° for 3 hours with the pH being adjusted to 9 after 20 minutes using aqueous sodium hydroxide (5M, 2 ml). Further methanesulphonyl chloride (1.1 g) was then added and the mixture stirred for 105 minutes whilst maintaining the pH at 9 by the addition of aqueous sodium hydroxide (5M, 2ml). The resultant solid was collected by filtration, washed with water (20 ml) and crystallised from industrial methylated spirit (100 ml) to give the novel compound 8-fluoro-1-methyl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinol-3-yl methanesulphonate, m.p. 207°-209°.

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