Hydrogen Peroxide → 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-6-iodoquinoline

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To a mixture of 1,2,3,4,-tetrahydroquinoline (0.34 g; 2.55 mmol) and I2 (0.32 g; 1.27 mmol) in H2O (10 ml), 30% H2O2 (0.26 ml; 2.55 mmol) was added at room temperature. The resulting mixture was vigorously stirred overnight at room temperature, and then extracted with Et2O (2×15 ml). The combined organic phase was washed with H2O, brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4 and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by FCC (SiO2; CH2Cl2), to give the title compound (0.33 g; 50%) as a creamy syrup. 1H-NMR (CDCl3) 1.84-1.92 (m, 2H); 2.69 (tr, 2H, J=6.4 Hz); 3.27 (tr, 2H, J=6.4 Hz); 3.82 (broad s, 1H); 6.22 (d, 1H, J=8.2 Hz); 7.15-7.21 (m, 2H).

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