Diethyl Ether → 2-(Quinolin-6-yl)propan-2-ol

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To an ice-cold solution of methylmagnesium iodide prepared from magnesium (0.454 g, 18.69 mmol) and methyliodide (1.16 ml, 18.69 mmol) in diethyl ether (15 ml), methyl quinoline-6-carboxylate (0.50 g, 2.67 mmol) in diethyl ether (5 ml) was added and warmed to room temperature. After 12 h, the reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C., quenched with dil. 6N HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure and column chromatographed with ethyl acetate: petroleum ether to afford the title compound as a yellow liquid (0.42 g, 84%). 1H-NMR (δ ppm, DMSO-d6, 400 MHz): 8.83 (dd J=4.2, 1.7 Hz, 1H), 8.34 (dd, J=8.2, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 8.00 (d, J=1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.95 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.88 (dd, J=8.9, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.50 (q, J=4.1 Hz, 1H), 5.23 (s, 1H), 1.51 (s, 6H).

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