Methyl vinyl ketone → 4,6-Dimethylquinoline

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 4-methylaniline (1 g. 9.3 mmol.) in acetic acid (10 ml), activated silferc (1.5 g. ferric chloride 9.3 mmol) was added under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was stirred for 5 minutes and methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) (0.72 g, 10 mmol) was added slowly over a period of 15 minutes. The reaction mixture was heated to 70° C. and maintained between 70-75° C. for one hour. Anhydrous zinc chloride (1.27 g. 9.3 mmol) was added and the reaction was further refluxed for two hours. The reaction mixture was cooled, filtered, basified with 10% NaOH solution, extracted with ethyl acetate (3×20 ml), dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated to give the product; Yield 60%.

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