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Facile Preparation of 4-Substituted Quinazoline Derivatives
Published on: February 15, 2016
Acid-promoted iron-catalysed dehydrogenative [4 + 2] cycloaddition for the synthesis of quinolines under air
Jinfei Yang1, Xiao Meng1, Kai Lu1
1Medical School, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Nantong University Nantong 226019 China jfyang@ntu.edu.cn sunfei@ntu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
An acid-promoted iron-catalysed dehydrogenative [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction was developed for the synthesis of quinolines using air as a terminal oxidant. Acetic acid was the best cocatalyst for the cycloaddition of N-alkyl anilines with alkenes or alkynes under air. Various quinoline derivatives were obtained in satisfactory-to-excellent yields, and no other byproducts besides water were produced in the reaction. The zebrafish model has become an important vertebrate model for evaluating drug effects. We tested the activity of 3n in zebrafish. The test results showed that 1 μg mL-13n treatments resulted in morphological malformation, and 0.01-0.1 μg mL-13n treatments led to potent angiogenic defects in zebrafish embryos. The results of this study will be of great significance for promoting drug research in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
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