Synlett 2010(17): 2672-2676  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258571
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Palladium-Catalyzed, Microwave-Enhanced Three-Component Synthesis of Isoquinolines with Aqueous Ammonia

Monica Dell’Acqua, Giorgio Abbiati*, Elisabetta Rossi
Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari Applicate ai Biosistemi (DISMAB) - Sezione di Chimica Organica ‘A. Marchesini’, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Received 2 August 2010
Publication Date:
23 September 2010 (online)

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Abstract

A variety of substituted isoquinoline derivatives can be synthesized in moderate yield by a palladium-catalyzed, microwave-assisted MCR starting from o-bromoarylaldehydes, terminal alkynes, and aqueous ammonia.