Acetonitrile → 1-Cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-8-methoxy-7-morpholino-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid

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A mixture of 1.48 g of 1-cyclopropyl-6,7-difluoro-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid (5 mmol), 0.85 g of morpholine (10 mmol), 1.04 g of trimethoxyborane (10 mmol) and 7.5 ml of acetonitrile was refluxed with heating for 4 hours. The reaction solution was cooled to room temperature, 20 ml of water was added therein, a pH was adjusted to 8 with 6N--HCl, and separated crystals were filtered and dried to obtain 1.30 g of the objective compound.

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