A Facile Synthesis of 2-Methylquinolines via Pd-Catalyzed Aza-Wacker Oxidative Cyclization
Zuhui Zhang, Jiajing Tan and Zhiyong Wang*
*University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui,
230026, People's Republic of China, Email: zwang3
ustc.edu.cn
Z. Zhang, J. Tang, Z. Wang, Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 173-175.
DOI: 10.1021/ol702153x
Abstract
A Pd-catalyzed Wacker-type oxidative cyclization under air allows the construction of 2-methylquinolines in good yields under mild conditions.
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proposed mechanism
Key Words
Quinolines, Wacker-Tsuji Oxidation, Oxygen
ID: J54-Y2008-0090
