1-(2-Bromoethyl)-4-methoxybenzene → 6-Benzyl-5-[2-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-ethyl]-5,6-dihydro-[1,6]naphthyridine

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To a suspension of 581 mg (23.9 mmol) magnesium in 24 mL THF was added 5.3 g (23.9 mmol) 4-methoxyphenethyl bromide. The mixture was refluxed for 2 h and then cooled in an ice bath and 2.4 g (7.97 mmol) 6-benzyl-[1,6]naphthyridin-6-ium bromide (Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 32(7), 2522-9; 1984) was added at once. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, cooled to 0° C. and quenched with a 20% NH4Cl solution. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified on silica eluting with a gradient formed from heptane and ethyl acetate. The product containing fractions were evaporated to yield 2.57 g (90%) of the title compound was yielded as yellow oil.

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