Silver-catalyzed one-step synthesis of multiply substituted quinolines

Abstract

A silver-catalyzed formation of C–C bond for the construction of a series of polysubstituted quinolines from arylamines, aldehydes, and ketones or arylamines and 1,3-diketones has been developed. The transformation is effective for a broad range of substrates, thus enabling the expansion of constituent architectures on the heterocyclic framework. This use of a single catalytic system to mediate chemical transformations in a synthetic operation is important for the development of new atom-economic strategies and this strategy is efficient in building complex structures from simple starting materials in an environmentally benign fashion.