Acetic Acid → N,N-Diethyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)-4-quinolinecarboxamide

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A 1.6M solution of butyllithium in hexane (22.5 ml) is added, at ambient temperature and under a nitrogen atmosphere, to diethylamine (5.5 ml) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (50 ml). After stirring for 15 minutes, the mixture is cooled to 0° C. and ethyl 2-(4-methylphenyl)-quinoline-4-carboxylate (5.25 g) is then introduced slowly. The mixture is stirred for 2 hours at ambient temperature. Acetic acid is then added slowly, at ambient temperature and with stirring, until decolouration takes place and a yellow solution is obtained. Water (100 ml) is then added, the tetrahydrofuran is evaporated off under reduced pressure and the residue is extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 ml). The organic phase is washed with water, dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel with a cyclohexane/ethyl acetate mixture (80/20) as the eluant. After recrystallisation from isopropyl ether of the crude product isolated in this way, N,N-diethyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)-quinoline-4-carboxamide (1.1 g), melting at 145° C., is obtained.

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