Synthesis and bromination of 8-methylquinoline-5-carboxylic acid

8-Methylquinoline-5-carboxylic acid was obtained by the Skraup reaction from 3-amino-p-toluic acid or by hydrolysis of 5-cyano-8-methylquinoline. The latter was synthesized by the Rosenmund-von Braun reaction from 5-bromo-8-methylquinoline, which was obtained by bromination of 8-methylquinoline in the presence of silver sulfate. Bromination in the side chain of 8-methylquinoline-5-carboxylic acid and its nitrile was studied. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 366–368, March, 1980.