Potassium tert-butoxide → Ethyl 8-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6,7-difluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylate

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To a solution of ethyl 2-(3-chloro-2,4,5-trifluorobenzoyl)-3-cyclopropylaminoacrylate in 40 ml of dry t-butanol is added a slurry of 1.20 g (10.7 mmol) of potassium t-butoxide in 20 ml of dry t-butanol. The reaction mixture is stirred at 6° C. for eight hours, then cooled to room temperature and concentrated. The residue is dissolved in chloroform, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to give a pale brown solid. The crude product is purified by silica gel chromatography, and eluted with 80:20 chloroform:ethyl acetate to give 1.2 g of the title compound.

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