Mo‐Catalyzed Synthesis of 3‐Substituted Quinolines From Nitroarenes and Aldehydes
This work reports a one‐pot Friedländer‐type protocol based on the dioxomolybdenum(VI)‐catalyzed reduction of readily available o ‐nitrobenzaldehydes with pinacol in the presence of external aliphatic aldehydes or acetals and p ‐toluenesulfonic acid as an additive. The tandem process proceeds through Mo‐catalyzed...