Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(Methylamino)quinoline-6-carboxylic acid

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Aqueous sodium hydroxide (4 mL, 8 mmol, 2 N) was added to a solution of ethyl 2-(methylamino)quinoline-6-carboxylate (850 mg, 3.7 mmol) in ethanol (10 mL). The reaction was heated to 50° C. overnight. Ethanol was removed in vacuo and the residue was acidified to pH=5 with 1 N aqueous hydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was collected by filtration and dried under vacuum to give the title compound (710 mg, 96%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6, δ): 8.26 (d, 1H), 7.96-7.93 (m, 2H), 7.50 (d, 1H), 7.43 (d, 1H), 6.81 (d, 1H), 2.91 (d, 3H).

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