Methyl iodide → 3-(Cyclopropyl(methyl)amino)-2-phenylquinoxaline-6-carboxylic acid

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Into a 50-mL round-bottom flask purged and maintained with an inert atmosphere of nitrogen, was placed a solution of methyl 3-(cyclopropylamino)-2-phenylquinoxaline-6-carboxylate (182.4 mg, 0.56 mmol, 1.00 equiv, 98%) in tetrahydrofuran (17 mL). Sodium hydride (274.5 mg, 11.44 mmol, 20.00 equiv) was added. The resulting solution was stirred for 1 h at room temperature. This was followed by the dropwise addition of CH3I (809.4 mg, 5.70 mmol, 10.00 equiv) with stirring at 0° C. The resulting solution was allowed to react, with stirring, overnight at room temperature. The resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum and diluted with 10 ml of water. The pH value of the aqueous solution was adjusted to 3-4 with 1N hydrogen chloride. The resulting solid was collected by filtration and washed with water and methanol. This resulted in 66.5 mg (36%) of 3-(cyclopropyl(methyl)amino)-2-phenylquinoxaline-6-carboxylic acid as a yellow solid.

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