Lanying Liu, Yong Wang, Honggen Wang
Dec 2, 2009
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
A highly efficient one-pot synthesis of 2-chloro-3-substituted quinolines has been developed by tetrabutylammonium chloride-triggered 6-endo cyclization of o-alkynylisocyanobenzenes, which are generated in situ by dehydration of the corresponding N-(2-ethynylphenyl)formamides.