%0 Journal Article %T (R)-7-(Azepan-3-ylamino)-8-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic Acid Hydrochloride %A Zhengjun Xia %A Zaixin Chen %A Shuitao Yu %J Molbank %D 2013 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/M801 %X In this paper ( R)-7-(azepan-3-ylamino)-8-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid hydrochloride 1 was isolated and identified as the N-substituted regioisomer of besifloxacin, which has been synthesized from the reaction of 8-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6,7-difluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid 3 with ( R)-tert-butyl 3-aminoazepane-1-carboxylate 2 in acetonitrile as solvent in 37% yield. The chemical structure of compound 1 was established on the basis of 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, mass spectrometry data and elemental analysis. %K besifloxacin %K N-substituted regioisomer %U http://www.mdpi.com/1422-8599/2013/2/M801