Water → Phenylacetyl isothiocyanate

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According to the descrition of technical literature, commercially available 2-phenylethanoyl chloride (80 mg) was dissolved in acetonitrile (20 ml). Potassium thiocyanate (300 mg) was added to the solution, and the mixture was heated at 80° C. for 2 hr. Water was added to the reaction solution, and the organic layer was extracted and was concentrated to give 2-phenylethanoyl isothiocyanate. 2-Phenylethanoyl isothiocyanate thus obtained was dissolved in ethanol (1 ml) to prepare a solution. 4-[(6,7-Dimethoxy-4-quinolyl)oxy]-3-fluoroaniline (50 mg), toluene (5 ml), and ethanol (1 ml) were added to the solution, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hr. The reaction solution was concentrated, and the residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel using chloroform/acetone for development to give the title compound (66 mg, yield 85%) (Referenc: Elmore, D. T. et al., Journal of chemical Society 1956, 4458).

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