Dimethylformamide → 6-Quinolinecarboxaldehyde, 4-ethoxy-

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To a solution of 6-bromo-4-ethoxy-quinoline (0.53 g, 2.1 mmol) in THF (tetrahydrofuran) (21 mL) was added dropwise a 2.5M solution of n-butyllithium in hexanes (0.92 mL, 2.3 mmol, 1.1 equiv.) at −70° C. During the addition, the temperature of the reaction mixture was raised slightly to −65° C. and it gave a very dark brown solution. The resulting colored solution was stirred for 30 min at this temperature. Then, a solution of dimethylformamide (0.324 mL, 4.2 mmol) in THF (2 mL) was added dropwise. After addition, the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 15 h. Then, the mixture was diluted with saturated ammonium chloride solution and the two layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Filtration of the drying agent and removal of the solvent under the vacuum gave the crude brown solid which was purified by using a Biotage silica gel column chromatography to afford 0.370 g (88% yield) of 4-ethoxyquinoline-6-carbaldehyde as a white solid: EI-HRMS m/e calcd for C12H11NO2 (M+) 201.0790, found 201.0787

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