4-Methoxybenzyl alcohol → 2,8-Dichloro-7-methoxy-4-(4-methoxy-benzyloxy)-quinoline

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NaH (60% in oil) (670 mg, 1.2 eq.) was added portionwise to a stirred solution of p-methoxybenzylalcohol (2.31 g, 1.2 eq.) and 15-crown-5 (3.32 mL, 1.2 eq.) in anhydrous DMF (10 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 min. Compound 220d (3.66 g, 1 eq.) in anhydrous DMF (25 mL) was then added and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hrs. The reaction mixture was then poured into water (300 mL), extracted with EtOAC, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude material was purified by chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/DCM, 50/50) to give compound 221d as a yellow solid in 38% yield. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 376 MHz) δ (ppm) 3.86 (s, 3H), 4.05 (s, 3H), 5.20 (s, 2H), 6.77 (s, 1H), 6.98 (d, J=8.53 Hz, 2H), 7.23 (d, J=9.41, 1H), 7.42 (d, J=8.53 Hz, 2H), 8.08 (d, J=9.41 Hz, 1H).

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