Nitric Acid → 8-Bromo-5-nitroquinoline

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8-Bromoquinoline (25.00 g, 120.2 mmol) was dissolved in sulfuric acid (82.5 mL) at rt and then cooled to 0° C. HNO3 (fuming, 32.5 mL) was then slowly added over a 10 minute period. The reaction was then warmed to rt and then to 65° C. After 48 h at 65° C., the reaction was cooled to rt and poured onto 500 g of ice. This solution was extracted with methylene chloride (5×200 mL). The organic layers were washed once with brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Concentration gave the crude compound 464A as a light yellow solid (28.6 g, 94%). HPLC: 98% at 2.717 min (retention time) (YMC S5 ODS column, 4.6×50 mm, eluting with 10-90% aqueous methanol over 4 min containing 0.2% phosphoric acid, 4 mL/min, monitoring at 220 nm).

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