Ammonium formate → 1-Cyano-4,7-dihydroxy-isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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1-Cyano-4,7-dihydroxy-isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester was prepared by heating a mixture of 175 mg (0.50 mmol) of 7-Benzyloxy-1-cyano-4-hydroxy-isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (example 52h), 630 mg (10 mmol) of ammonium formate, and 40 mg of 10% Pd/C in 3 mL of 1:1 EtOAc and EtOH at reflux temperature for 40 min. The resultant mixture was cooled, filtered through a celite pad to remove solids, and concentrated to a crude solid. The solid was triturated with hot ethanol to give 56 mg of off-white solid upon drying; MS (ESI+): 259.3 e/z (M+1)

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