Organic letters

Environmentally benign synthesis of Indeno [1, 2-b] quinolines via an Intramolecular Povarov Reaction

M Chen, N Sun, Y Liu

Index: Chen, Ming; Chen, Yifeng; Liu, Yuanhong Chemical Communications, 2012 , vol. 48, # 100 p. 12189 - 12191

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Abstract

A new synthetic route to indeno [1, 2-b] quinolines via reactions of o- propargylbenzaldehydes with N-aryl amines based on an intramolecular aza-Diels–Alder (Povarov) reaction has been developed. This method offers several advantages such as no