Journal of Fluorine Chemistry

Alkaline hydrolysis of 2-(trifluoromethyl) imidazo [4, 5-f] and-[4, 5-h] quinolines

IG Moores, RK Smalley, H Suschitzky

Index: Moores, Ian G.; Smalley, Robert K.; Suschitzky, Hans Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 20, p. 573 - 580

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Abstract

SUMMARY Z-(Trifluoromethyl) imidazo [4, 5-f] and-[4, 5-hlquinoline have been prepared from 5 (6)-acetamido-2-(trifluoromethyl) benzimidazole and 7, 8_diaminoquinoline respectively. These (trifluoromethyl)-quinolines like 2-(trifluoromethyl) imidazoles but unlike 2-(trifluoromethyl) benzimidazoles, undergo hydrolysis in dilute sodium hydroxide to give ultimately the corresponding imidazo [4, 5-f] and-[4, 5-h]-quinoline, respectively.