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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-24
pubmed:abstractText
A straightforward synthesis of substituted quinolines is described by cyclocondensation of anilines with 1,3-diols. The reaction proceeds in mesitylene solution with catalytic amounts of RuCl(3)·xH(2)O, PBu(3) and MgBr(2)·OEt(2). The transformation does not require any stoichiometric additives and only produces water and dihydrogen as byproducts. Anilines containing methyl, methoxy and chloro substituents as well as naphthylamines were shown to participate in the heterocyclisation. In the 1,3-diol a substituent was allowed in the 1- or the 2-position giving rise to 2- and 3-substituted quinolines, respectively. The best results were obtained with 2-alkyl substituted 1,3-diols to afford 3-alkylquinolines. The mechanism is believed to involve dehydrogenation of the 1,3-diol to the 3-hydroxyaldehyde which eliminates water to the corresponding ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde. The latter then reacts with anilines in a similar fashion as observed in the Doebner-von Miller quinoline synthesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1477-0539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
610-5
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Ruthenium-catalysed synthesis of 2- and 3-substituted quinolines from anilines and 1,3-diols.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Building 201, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article