Hydrochloric Acid → 7-Chloro-6-methoxy-2-methylquinoline

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To 3-chloro-4-methoxyaniline (1A) (5.0 g, 31.7 mmol) was added 6 M HCl (100 mL) and the reaction was heated to 100° C. with stirring. Toluene (30 mL) was added followed by the slow addition of crotonaldehyde (5.3 mL, 63.5 mmol) at 100° C. The mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 2 hours and cooled to room temperature. The water layer was separated and neutralized with 2 M NaOH solution to pH ˜8. The solid that formed was filtered and collected. The crude product was purified by flash column chromatography to give 1B as white solid (3.3 g, 50%). LCMS-ESI+ (m/z): 208.2, 210.2 (M+H)+.

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