Carbon Dioxide → 2-Methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-8-carboxamide

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Reaction of 2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline with phenyl lithium and carbon dioxide followed by esterification according to the general method described in Examples 1B and 6B gave an inseparable mixture of methyl-2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-8-carboxylate and methyl 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-2-acetate which was converted without purification to a mixture of 2-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-8-carboxamide and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-2-acetamide by reaction with ammonia using the method described in Example 2. Fractional recrystallisation from diisopropyl ether gave the title compound as colourless needles m.p. 114° (overall yield 30%) (Found: C, 69.31, H, 7.45, N, 14.7, C11H14N2O requires: C, 69.45, H, 7.42; N, 14.72%).

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