m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → 1-[8-(Benzyloxy)-1-oxo-1lambda~5~-quinolin-5-yl]ethan-1-one

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5-Acetyl-8-benzyloxyquinoline (200 gms/0.72 moles) was dissolved in dichloromethane (4 liters) at room temperature. To this solution was added m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (355.64 gms/1.44 moles) in 90 minutes under stiffing. The mixture was stirred at 25-30° C. for 2 hours. After completion of reaction, reaction mass was quenched with 8% sodium bicarbonate solution (3.04 liter) slowly in 30 minutes and stirred for 5-10 minutes at same temperature. The organic layer was separated and aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane (2.5 liters). The organic layers were combined and washed with brine solution (2.5 liters). The dichloromethane was distilled out under vacuum at 40° C. The residue was stripped with acetone (500 ml) to remove traces of dichloromethane. The residue was stirred with acetone (200 ml) and chilled to 0-5° C. for 2 hours. The resulting 5-Acetyl-8-benzyloxyquinoline-N-oxide was isolated by filtration and washed with diethyl ether (200 ml), dried under vacuum at 60-65° C. for 2-3 hours. Yield-116 gms.

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