Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Chloro-6-methoxy-7-(4-pyridylmethoxy)cinnoline hydrochloride

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The starting material, 4-chloro-6-methoxy-7-(4-pyridylmethoxy)cinnoline hydrochloride, was obtained by adding 4-chloro-7-hydroxy-6-methoxycinnoline (200 mg, 0.95 mmol), followed by 4-hydroxymethylpyridine (108 mg, 1 mmol) and 1,1′-(azodicarbonyl)dipiperidine (647 mg, 2.5 mmol), in portions, to a solution of tri(n-butyl)phosphine (640 μg, 2.5 mmol) in methylene chloride (6 ml). After stirring for 1 hour at ambient temperature, a solution of 7M hydrogen chloride in isopropanol (300 μl, 2.1 mmol) was added. The resulting solid was filtered off, washed with methylene chloride and ether to give 4-chloro-6-methoxy-7-(4-pyridylmethoxy)cinnoline hydrochloride as a solid (196 mg, 55%).

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