Friedländer synthesis of quinolines using a lewis acid-surfactant- combined catalyst in water

  • Liang Zhang
  • , Jie Wu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In water, Friedländer annulation using Lewis acid-surfactant-combined catalyst provides a mild and efficient route for the synthesis of quinolines. Employing a catalytic amount of scandium tris(dodecyl sulfate) [Sc(O 3SOC12H2S)3], various polysubstituted and polycyclic quinolines were obtained in exellent yields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1047-1051
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Synthesis and Catalysis
Volume349
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Friedländer annulation
  • Lewis acids
  • Quinoline
  • Surfactant

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