Glycerol → 8-Bromo-6-(propan-2-yl)quinoline

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A mixture of 2-bromo-4-isopropyl-phenylamine (1.72 g, 8.0 mmol), propane-1,2,3-triol (1.84 g, 2.5 equiv), FeSO4 (0.067 g, 0.30 equiv), 3-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid sodium salt (1.13 g, 0.63 equiv) in 4.5 mL of methanesulfonic acid was heated to 135° C. for 3 hours and then cooled down to room temperature. 2 N Aqueous NaOH (˜40 mL) was added and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (200 mL) and brine (200 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography using 5% to 20% EtOAc in hexane to afford the title compound (1.3 g, 65%) as dark brown solid. MS (ES) m/z 250.2 (M+H+).

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