Synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro- 1,6-naphthyridines by a directed lithiation reaction

Abstract

N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)anilines ( 7), are easily converted in a one pot reaction sequence into the N- (tert-butoxycarbonyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines ( 8), by directed ortho lithiation followed by reaction with 1- chloro-3-iodopropane, hence providing a new versatile quinoline ring nucleus synthesis. In an analogous reaction 2-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)- and an 2-N-(pivaloylamino) pyridine are converted to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,6- naphthyridines.