Aluminum Chloride → 6-Hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinolinone

N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-chloropropionamide (300 g, 1.4 mol.) and N,N-dimethylacetamide (165 ml, d=0.937, 1.3 eq.) were added to a three-necked, three-liter flask. Trichloroaluminum (760 g, 4 eq.) was slowly added over two hours. An exotherm raised the temperature of the mixture from about 25° C. to 140° C. over the course of the addition. The reaction mixture was a slightly cloudy colorless solution. The solution was stirred and held at 150-160° C. for two hours. At the end of the two hours the reaction mixture had become a stirrable slurry. The mixture was then cooled to ambient temperature and quenched by pouring into water (5.5 L) in a fume hood with good circulation and a trap between the inlet and the exhaust to capture evolved HCl gas. Next, sodium borohydride (30 g) was added, which caused the mixture color to turn from gray to white. The mixture was then cooled to ambient temperature and filtered. The collected solids were washed with water (2 L) and dried overnight in a vacuum-oven at 60° C. to give 6-hydroxy-3,4-dihydroquinolinone (212.8 g, 92.9%) in 99.2% purity based on HPLC analysis.

1. temperatureAn exotherm raised the temperature of the mixture from about 25° C. to 140° C.
2. additionover the course of the addition
3. customAt the end of the two hours
4. customquenched
5. additionby pouring into water (5.5 L) in a fume hood with good circulation and a trap between the inlet
6. additionNext, sodium borohydride (30 g) was added
7. temperatureThe mixture was then cooled to ambient temperature
8. filtrationfiltered
9. washThe collected solids were washed with water (2 L)
10. customdried overnight in a vacuum-oven at 60° C.

ORD record

ord-1080fdde72ca4f258dd8361fa63619a7

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2003_12

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06660773B2