Quinolines are important because of their occurrence in nature,1 their biological properties,2 and their utilities as inter- mediates for the design of biologically active compounds.3 Especially 2-alkylated derivatives have been reported to exhibit notable biological activities.4 Thus, a large number of general methods for the preparation of substituted quinolines have recently been reported.5;6 In this paper we wish to describe the results of our investigation, which offer ...