Formamide → 3-Methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-8-carboxamide

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A mixture of methyl-3-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-8-carboxylate (25 g., 0.13 m), formamide (11.6, 0.26 m) and sodium methoxide (from 2.99 g., 0.13m sodium) was heated with stirring in an oil bath at 120° for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was further heated at 100° for 3 hours under reduced pressure (15 mm Hg). The cooled reaction mixture was diluted with 2N HCl to give an acidic solution which was extracted with ethylacetate (2 × 50 ml.) and the combined extracts discarded. The aqueous solution was adjusted to pH 9.0 with solid Na2CO3, saturated with NaCl and extracted with chloroform (3 × 100 ml.). The combined extracts were dried and evaporated to give a pale yellow oil which solidified on trituration with n-hexane. Recrystallisation from ethylacetate gave the title compound as colourless cubes (18.6 g., 88%) m.p. 110°. Found: C, 69.6; H, 7.4; N, 14.4%. C11H14N2O requires: C, 69.5; H, 7.4; N, 14.7%.

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