Phosphorus oxychloride → 2-Chloro-1,8-naphthyridine

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1,8-Naphthyridin-2-ol (2.80 g, 19.16 mmol) was suspended in phosphorus oxychloride (100 ml, 1092 mmol) and heated at gentle reflux. The chlorination was followed by LC/MS and once the conversion was complete the reaction was evaporated to dryness and the residue partitioned between water (400 mL) and ethyl acetate (2×400 mL). The aqueous was extracted with additional ethyl acetate (2×400 mL). The combined organic layers were dried with magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The crude compound was used without further purification.

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