Abstract:
A convenient one-pot synthesis of acetylated quinolines/isoquinolines/pyridines involves the sodium-promoted Claisen condensation of the corresponding ethyl hetarenecarboxylates with ethyl acetate as the reactant and the solvent. The thus formed intermediate ethyl 3-hetaryl-3-oxopropanoates can be decarboxylated in the same reactor by refluxing with 25% H2SO4 to afford the title products in good to excellent yields.
Citation:
X. He, T. Yuan, J. Sui, Sh. Dong, Z. Wang, D. Liu, Y. Zou, “One-pot synthesis of acetyl(iso)quinolines/pyridines employing the sodium-promoted Claisen condensation of the corresponding carboxylates”, Mendeleev Commun., 35:5 (2025), 530–532