Methyl iodide → 8-fluoro-1-methyl-6-nitro-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one

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8-Fluoro-6-nitro-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one (Step 1, 3.13 g, 0.0149 mol) and iodomethane (1.39 ml, 0.0223 mol) in DMF (25 ml) are stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction is diluted with water and the resulting precipitate collected by filtration, washed well with water, and dried under vacuum to give the title compound as an orange solid (2.97 g, 89%); 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 2.56-2.61 (m, 2H), 2.99-3.04 (m, 2H), 3.32 (s, 3H), overlapping 8.06 (s, 1H) and 8.08 (dd, 1H); [M+H]+=225.

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