Phosphorus oxychloride → 4-Chloro-3-nitro-1,5-naphthyridine

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Phosphorus oxychloride (3.4 mL, 30 mmol) was added to chilled (ice bath) N,N-dimethylformamide (15 mL). The resulting solution was added dropwise to a solution of 3-nitro[1,5]naphthyridin-4-ol (5.73 g, 30 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (35 mL). The reaction mixture was maintained at ambient temperature for 5 hours and then it was poured onto ice. The resulting yellow precipitate was isolated by filtration and then partitioned between dichloromethane (200 mL) and water (150 mL). The organic layer was separated, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and then concentrated under vacuum to provide 4.2 g of crude 4-chloro-3-nitro[1,5]naphthyridine.

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