K. Kobayashi, Harumi Takabatake, Taichi Kitamura
Jul 1, 1997
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
When 2-(methylamino)benzonitrile was treated successively with magnesium bis(diisopropylamide), generated in situ from the reaction of ethylmagnesium bromide and diisopropylamine, and α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters in diethyl ether at 0 °C, conjugate addition and enolate–nitrile coupling proceeded sequentially to give the corresponding 4-amino-1,2-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylates in isolated yields ranging from 36 to 79%.