Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 6-acetylamino-4-hydroxycinnolin-3-yl carboxylate

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Acetyl chloride (0.6 ml.) was added to a stirred solution of ethyl 6-amino-4-hydroxycinnolin-3-yl carboxylate (0.932 g.) in dry pyridine (20 ml.). The solution was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours and then was poured onto a mixture of ice (100 g.) and 5N-hydrochloric acid (50 ml.). The mixture was kept at 4° C. for 4 hours, and the solid precipitate was then filtered off, washed with water (10 ml.), dried as much as possible on the filter, and recrystallised from ethanol to give ethyl 6-acetylamino-4-hydroxycinnolin-3-yl carboxylate, m.p. 280°-281° C.

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