Sodium Carbonate → 7-(Benzyloxy)-4-chloro-6-methoxyquinoline

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Phosphorus oxychloride (300 mL) was added to 7-benzyloxy-6-methoxyquinolin-4-ol (40 g, 140 mmol) and the mixture heated to reflux for 2 h. The mixture was carefully poured into a mixture of ice and sodium carbonate. The solution was adjusted to pH 8 with the addition of solid sodium bicarbonate and stirred at room temperature overnight. The solid was filtered and washed with water and dried to give 7-benzyloxy-4-chloro-6-methoxyquinoline as a pale brown solid (40.2 g, 95%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, d6-DMSO): δ 8.61 (s, 1H), 7.57-7.37 (m, 8H), 5.32 (s, 2H), 3.98 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, d6-DMSO): δ 152.4, 151.5, 148.5, 146.2, 139.6, 137.0, 129.2, 128.8, 121.7, 120.4, 110.1, 101.9, 70.8, 56.5; IR (cm−1): 2359, 2341, 1506, 1456, 1435, 1252, 1227, 1146, 999, 845, 752, 698, 667; LC/MS (M+H=300).

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