Versatile Synthesis of Dihydroquinolines and Quinoline Quinones Using Cyclobutenediones. Construction of the Pyridoacridine Ring System

D Zhang, I Llorente, LS Liebeskind

Index: Zhang, Dawei; Llorente, Isidro; Liebeskind, Lanny S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1997 , vol. 62, # 13 p. 4330 - 4338

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Abstract

1-BOC-2-lithio-1, 4-dihydropyridines were condensed with 3, 4-disubstituted cyclobutenediones to produce 1, 2-adducts. Neat thermolysis under oxygen-free conditions produced substituted 1, 4-dihydroquinoline hydroquinones in which the tert-butoxy residue of the BOC group was displaced by a phenolic residue, generating an oxazolone ring that functioned to protect both rings of the dihydroquinoline hydroquinone from untimely ...