Abstract:
In this paper, we investigate the synthesis of the key intermediate 2-vinyl phenyl enamine ketone
3 by refluxing the starting materials
N,N-dimethyl enamine ketone
1 and ortho-vinyl aniline
2 in acetic acid solution for 4 hours. Intermediate
3 undergoes Fe(Ⅲ)-catalyzed intramolecular radical cyclization and oxidative aromatization reactions in toluene solvent, successfully developing a synthetic method for 3,4-disubstituted quinolines
4. The synthesized target products were characterized and confirmed using
1H NMR,
13C NMR, and HRMS. The study demonstrates that this method features easily accessible raw materials, a simple operation, and diverse target product structures. We obtain the diverse 3,4-disubstituted quinoline derivatives
4, which provide a solid foundation for the screening of compounds with potential antitumor and other biological activities.