Choi A, Morley RM, Coldham I. Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-
a]quinolines by formal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of quinolinium salts.
Beilstein J Org Chem 2019;
15:1480-1484. [PMID:
31354865 PMCID:
PMC6633155 DOI:
10.3762/bjoc.15.149]
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Abstract
Quinolinium salts, Q+-CH2-CO2Me Br- and Q+-CH2-CONMe2 Br- (where Q = quinoline), were prepared from quinolines. Deprotonation of these salts with triethylamine promoted the reaction of the resulting quinolinium ylides (formally azomethine ylides) with electron-poor alkenes by conjugate addition followed by cyclization or by [3 + 2] dipolar cycloaddition. The pyrroloquinoline products were formed as single regio- and stereoisomers. These could be converted to other derivatives by Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, reduction or oxidation reactions.
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