Synthesis 2015; 47(23): 3701-3710
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560208
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New and Efficient Synthesis of 2,3,4-Trisubstituted 2H-Pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinolines via a MCR/Staudinger/Aza-Wittig Sequence

Feng Qu
a   College of Chemical Engineering and Food Science, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
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Ruo-Fei Hu
a   College of Chemical Engineering and Food Science, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
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Le Gao
a   College of Chemical Engineering and Food Science, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
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Jing Wu
a   College of Chemical Engineering and Food Science, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
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Xiao-Hong Cheng
b   Hubei Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
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Song Wang
b   Hubei Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
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Ping He*
a   College of Chemical Engineering and Food Science, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
b   Hubei Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, Hubei Province, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Received: 07 July 2015

Accepted after revision: 14 August 2015

Publication Date:
01 September 2015 (online)


Abstract

A new and efficient method for the construction of 2,3,4-trisubstituted 2H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinoline derivatives was developed. Starting from easily accessible 2-azidobenzaldehyde, nitromethane, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, and various amines gave the multicomponent reaction (MCR) products, 1-substituted 3-acyl-4-(2-azidophenyl)-2-methyl-1H-pyrroles, that underwent Staudinger/aza-Wittig cyclization of in the presence of triphenylphosphine to give the final products.

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