Sodium Hydroxide → 1-Cyano-4-methoxy-8-phenoxy-isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid

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To a mixture of 1-cyano-4-methoxy-8-phenoxy-isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (727 mg, 2.18 mmol) and methanol/tetrahydrofuran (12.5 mL, 1:1.5) was added 2N sodium hydroxide (5.4 mL, 10.89 mmol) at room temperature. The yellow solution was stirred at that temperature for seventy minutes before it was concentrated. Water (20 mL) was added and the mixture was adjusted to pH=2 with 1N HCl (13 mL). The mixture was then extracted with dichloromethane and ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a yellow solid (647 mg): MS: (+) m/z 320.80 (M+1).

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