H. Xie, Yunfeng Liao, Shuqing Chen
Jun 17, 2015
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Organic & biomolecular chemistry
Abstract
A novel Cu-catalyzed direct amidation of 2-methylquinolines with amines is described. This method afforded an efficient approach for the synthesis of biologically important aromatic amides from readily available coupling partners using molecular oxygen as the oxidant.