Water → 6-Iodoquinoline

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Reaction Steps

6-bromoquinoline (80.1 g, 0.385 mol) is dissolved in n-butanol (0.8 L). Copper catalyst CuI (3.7 g, 0.019 mol), a copper-ligand N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine (3.4 g, 0.0385 mol) and an iodide source NaI (115.5 g, 0.770 mol) are added and the mixture is heated in a heating jacket, under inert atmosphere to 120° C. After work-up (0.8 L water is added to the reaction mixture, the organic layer is separated off and evaporated) and purification (the crude evaporation residue was crystallized from 150 mL diisopropylether), 6-iodoquinoline was obtained in 80% yield.

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