O-Xylene → 5-Fluoroquinoline

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Add sodium nitrite in portions to a suspension of 5-aminoquinoline (50 g, 347 mmol) in 48% HBF4 (200 mL) at 0° C. Stir for 1 hour and then pour into 1:1 diethyl ether/ethyl acetate (500 mL). Filter the resulting suspension and dry the solid. Add this solid (82.5 g, 338 mmol) in portions to refluxing xylene (1 L), stir for 2 hours, and then cool. Decant the xylene and dissolve the residue in 1N hydrochloric acid (600 mL). Neutralize with sodium carbonate, extract with ethyl acetate (10×500 mL), dry the extracts over sodium sulfate, filter and concentrate under reduced pressure. Subject the residue to silica gel chromatography, eluting with 10-20% diethyl ether in hexanes. Combine fractions containing product and concentrate them under reduced pressure to provide the desired compound (28.1 g, 55%).

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