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2 Citations
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5-Aminopyrazole Dimerization: Cu-Promoted Switchable Synthesis of Pyrazole-Fused Pyridazines and Pyrazines via Direct Coupling of C-H/N-H, C-H/C-H, and N-H/N-H Bonds

  • Yi-Xin Chai,
  • Jun-Jie Ren,
  • Yi-Ming Li,
  • Yi-Cheng Bai,
  • Qing-Qing Zhang,
  • Yi-Zhen Zhao,
  • Xue Yang,
  • Xiao-Han Zhang,
  • Xin-Shuang Zhang and
  • An-Xin Wu
  • + 2 authors

17 January 2025

A Cu-promoted highly chemoselective dimerization of 5-aminopyrazoles to produce pyrazole-fused pyridazines and pyrazines is reported. The protocol generates switchable products via the direct coupling of C-H/N-H, C-H/C-H and N-H/N-H bonds, with the m...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,142 Views
10 Pages

22 December 2022

Dibenzo-fused five-membered heteroaromatic compounds, including dibenzofuran, carbazole, and dibenzothiophene, are fundamental structural units in various important polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds. The intramolecular C-H/C-H biaryl coupling of di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,125 Views
18 Pages

Oxidative C-H/C-H Coupling of Dipyrromethanes with Azines by TiO2-Based Photocatalytic System. Synthesis of New BODIPY Dyes and Their Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties

  • Maria A. Trestsova,
  • Irina A. Utepova,
  • Oleg N. Chupakhin,
  • Maksim V. Semenov,
  • Dmitry N. Pevtsov,
  • Lyubov M. Nikolenko,
  • Sergey A. Tovstun,
  • Anna V. Gadomska,
  • Alexander V. Shchepochkin and
  • Gregory A. Kim
  • + 3 authors

13 September 2021

Oxidative C-H/C-H coupling reactions of dipyrromethanes with azines in the presence of a heterophase oxidative photocatalytic system (O2/TiO2/visible light irradiation) were carried out. As a result of cyclization of obtained compounds with boron tri...

  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,896 Views
25 Pages

TiO2 Photocatalyzed C–H Bond Transformation for C–C Coupling Reactions

  • Yi Wang,
  • Anan Liu,
  • Dongge Ma,
  • Shuhong Li,
  • Chichong Lu,
  • Tao Li and
  • Chuncheng Chen

27 August 2018

Fulfilling the direct inert C–H bond functionalization of raw materials that are earth-abundant and commercially available for the synthesis of diverse targeted organic compounds is very desirable and its implementation would mean a great reduction o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,488 Views
18 Pages

Synthesis of 5,6-Dihydrophenanthridines via Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Coupling of Two Aryl C−H Bonds

  • Meng-Yue Wang,
  • Xue-Qing Zhu,
  • Bao-Yin Zhao,
  • Hong-Xia Zhang,
  • Yong-Qiang Wang and
  • Qiong Jia

5,6-Dihydrophenanthridines are common aza heterocycle frameworks of natural products and pharmaceuticals. Herein, we reported the first palladium-catalyzed intramolecular C−H/C−H dehydrogenative coupling reaction of two simple arenes to g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,462 Views
12 Pages

Triorganoindium Reagents in Rh-Catalyzed C–H Activation/C–C Cross-Coupling Reactions of 2-Arylpyridines

  • Ricardo Riveiros,
  • Rubén Tato,
  • José Pérez Sestelo and
  • Luis A. Sarandeses

The activation of C–H bonds through catalytic reactions using transition metals is an important challenge in organic chemistry in which the intermediates are related to those produced in the classical cross-coupling reactions. As part of our re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,216 Views
12 Pages

30 December 2016

A tandem transformation of C-N coupling/C-H carbonylation has been developed for the synthesis of benzo-1,4-oxazepine pharmaceutically derivatives. Notably, this reaction was accomplished by various phenylamine with ally halides under carbon dioxide...

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  • Open Access
1,817 Views
9 Pages

Assessment of the Long-Range NMR C,H Coupling of a Series of Carbazolequinone Derivatives

  • Matías Monroy-Cárdenas,
  • José A. Gavín and
  • Ramiro Araya-Maturana

14 December 2023

Synthesis, the complete 1H- and 13C-NMR assignments, and the long-range C,H coupling constants (nJC,H) of some hydrogen-deficient carbazolequinones, assessed by a J-HMBC experiment, are reported. In these molecules, the protons, used as entry points...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
4,516 Views
35 Pages

Recent Advances in Borylation and Suzuki-Type Cross-Coupling—One-Pot Miyaura-Type C–X and C–H Borylation–Suzuki Coupling Sequence

  • Nouhaila Bahyoune,
  • Mohammed Eddahmi,
  • Perikleia Diamantopoulou,
  • Ioannis D. Kostas and
  • Latifa Bouissane

1 August 2025

In the last decades, numerous approaches have been explored for the cross-coupling of biaryl building blocks depending on the presence of boron sources. In fact, these changes have been catalyzed by transition metal complexes. This review focuses on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,455 Views
9 Pages

Mechanistic Study of Copper-Catalyzed C-H Hydroxylation/C-S Coupling by ESI-HR MS and DFT Calculations

  • Runsheng Xu,
  • Rongrong Cai,
  • Sixian Zhou,
  • Zhuoda Zhou,
  • Beibei Li and
  • Dihui Xu

6 November 2017

The reaction mechanism of Cu-catalyzed C-H hydroxylation/C-S coupling was studied using electrospray ionization high resolution mass spectrometry (ESI-HR MS) and density functional theory calculations (DFT). Notably, a series of CuI and CuIII complex...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,272 Views
27 Pages

Green chemistry principles have underpinned the development of deep eutectic solvents (DESs). In this brief overview, we discuss the potential of DESs as a greener alternative to volatile organic solvents for cross-coupling and C–H activation r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,113 Views
15 Pages

The present study explores the potential of four NHC-palladium(II) complexes derived from (Z)- or (E)-styryl-N-alkylbenzimidazolium salts, namely trans-dichloro-[(Z)-1-styryl- 3-benzyl-benzimidazol-2-yliden]pyridine palladium(II) (6), trans-dichloro-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,013 Views
13 Pages

One-Pot Iridium Catalyzed C–H Borylation/Sonogashira Cross-Coupling: Access to Borylated Aryl Alkynes

  • Ghayoor A. Chotana,
  • Jose R. Montero Bastidas,
  • Susanne L. Miller,
  • Milton R. Smith and
  • Robert E. Maleczka

10 April 2020

Borylated aryl alkynes have been synthesized via one-pot iridium catalyzed C–H borylation (CHB)/Sonogashira cross-coupling of aryl bromides. Direct borylation of aryl alkynes encountered problems related to the reactivity of the alkyne under CH...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,925 Views
22 Pages

20 January 2020

The oxidative, dearomative cross-dehydrogenative coupling of indoles with various C-H nucleophiles is developed. This process features a broad substrate scope with respect to both indoles and nucleophiles, affording structurally diverse 2,2-disubstit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,305 Views
13 Pages

25 February 2025

The so far unattended version of the Hirao reaction involving the coupling of the less reactive chloroarenes with >P(O)H reagents, such as diarylphosphine oxides, diethyl phosphite, and ethyl phenyl-H-phosphinate, was investigated in detail using...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,200 Views
12 Pages

14 January 2021

Four D-π-A conjugated polymers, namely P1–P4, which contain benzotriazole building blocks in their backbone as acceptor, are synthesized via palladium-catalyzed direct C-H cross-coupling polycondensation of 5,6-difluorobenzotriazole with dif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,424 Views
14 Pages

An efficient, atom-economic and one-pot synthesis of isoindolo[2,1-a]indol-6-ones via CuI/Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamidation of alkynyl group, and C-H dehydrogenative coupling of ortho-alkynyl-N-arylbenzamides has been developed. This t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,597 Views
15 Pages

Electronic Mechanisms of Intra and Intermolecular J Couplings in Systems with C-H···O Interactions

  • Claudia G. Giribet,
  • Martin C. Ruiz de Azua,
  • Celia V. Vizioli and
  • Claudio N. Cavasotto

4 April 2003

Correlation effects on the change of 1J(CH) couplings in model systems I:NCH...H2O and II:CH4...H2O as a function of the H...O distance are discussed. RPA and SOPPA results follow a similar trend in system II. In system I RPA values decrease monotono...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,286 Views
12 Pages

Electrochemical α-C(sp3)–H/N–H Cross-Coupling of Isochromans and Azoles

  • Guoping Li,
  • Bing Yan,
  • Liangliang Wu,
  • Yabo Li,
  • Xinqi Hao,
  • Ming Gong and
  • Yangjie Wu

24 December 2024

Isochroman and azole moieties are both present in a wide variety of biologically active molecules. Their efficient combination under mild reaction conditions is beneficial for obtaining small-molecule drug candidates. In this paper, we describe elect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,599 Views
11 Pages

6 November 2024

The six-membered N,S-heterocyclic 1,3-thiazines and their derivatives are widely acknowledged as pharmaceutical molecules with a wide range of biological activities. In this study, we developed a unique thiol-involved cascade reaction that enables th...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,097 Views
14 Pages

Microwave-Assisted Dehydrogenative Cross Coupling Reactions in γ-valerolactone with a Reusable Pd/β-cyclodextrin Crosslinked Catalyst

  • Silvia Tabasso,
  • Emanuela Calcio Gaudino,
  • Elisa Acciardo,
  • Maela Manzoli,
  • Agnese Giacomino and
  • Giancarlo Cravotto

14 January 2019

Transition-metal mediated C–H bond activation and functionalization is one of the most straightforward and powerful tools in modern organic synthetic chemistry. Oxidative C–H/C–H coupling reactions between two (hetero)arenes under h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,677 Views
20 Pages

10 April 2024

Bentonite is used as a buffer material in engineered barriers for the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. The buffer material will be made of bentonite, a natural clay, mixed with silica sand. The buffer material is affected by decay...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,534 Views
10 Pages

The present work describes an efficient reaction of electrochemical phosphorylation of phenylacetylene controlled by the composition of catalytic nanoparticles based on non-noble-metals. The sought-after products are produced via the simple synthetic...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,914 Views
7 Pages

20 September 2022

In this work, density functional theory calculations are performed to explore the unique role of Mo dopant on MgO in oxidative coupling of methane. It is revealed that subsurface Mo dopant significantly enhanced the adsorption and activation of oxyge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,117 Views
16 Pages

18 June 2019

Density functional theory (DFT) methods including LC-ωPBE, CAM-B3LYP, B3LYP, and B3LYP-D3, combined with double Zeta all-electron DZVP basis set, have been employed to conduct computational investigations on nickel-mediated reaction of o-carbor...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,707 Views
7 Pages

Simulation of Indirect 13C–13C J-Coupling Tensors in Diamond Clusters Hosting the NV Center

  • Alexander Nizovtsev,
  • Aliaksandr Pushkarchuk,
  • Semen Kuten,
  • Dominik Michels,
  • Dmitry Lyakhov,
  • Nikolai Kargin and
  • Sergei Kilin

The full tensors nJKL (K,L = X,Y,Z), describing n-bond J-coupling of nuclear spins 13C in H-terminated diamond-like clusters C10H16 (adamantane) and C35H36, as well as in the cluster C33[NV−]H36 hosting the negatively charged NV−center, w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,792 Views
33 Pages

Advances in Enantioselective C–H Activation/Mizoroki-Heck Reaction and Suzuki Reaction

  • Shuai Shi,
  • Khan Shah Nawaz,
  • Muhammad Kashif Zaman and
  • Zhankui Sun

23 February 2018

Traditional cross-coupling reactions, like Mizoroki-Heck Reaction and Suzuki Reaction, have revolutionized organic chemistry and are widely applied in modern organic synthesis. With the rapid development of C–H activation and asymmetric catalysis in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,834 Views
31 Pages

Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling

  • Haiyan Diao,
  • Yujia Chen and
  • Feng Liu

10 January 2025

This review highlights significant advances in iron-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC), a method pivotal for forming carbon-carbon (C-C) bonds directly from C-H bonds. This technique uses iron—a naturally abundant, inexpensive, and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
13,768 Views
28 Pages

17 March 2015

Transition metal-catalyzed modifications of the activated heterocyclic bases of nucleosides as well as DNA or RNA fragments employing traditional cross-coupling methods have been well-established in nucleic acid chemistry. This review covers advances...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,891 Views
26 Pages

3 September 2021

The availability and application of direct, functional group-compatible C–H activation methods for late-stage modification of small-molecule bioactives and other valuable materials remains an ongoing challenge in organic synthesis. In the current stu...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,535 Views
36 Pages

New Trends in Enantioselective Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling

  • Ana Maria Faisca Phillips,
  • Maria de Fátima C. Guedes da Silva and
  • Armando J. L. Pombeiro

11 May 2020

The development of cross-dehydrogenative coupling in recent years has simplified the synthesis of many materials, as a result of facile C–H activation, which, together with its greater atom economy and environmental friendliness, has made an im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,627 Views
14 Pages

Novel Polycarbo-Substituted Imidazo[1,2-c]quinazolines: Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Study

  • Tebogo Ankie Khoza,
  • Tshepiso Jan Makhafola and
  • Malose Jack Mphahlele

15 December 2015

Amination of the 2-aryl-6-bromo-4-chloro-8-iodoquinazolines with 2-aminoethanol followed by acid-promoted cyclodehydration of the incipient 2-((6,8-dihalo-2-phenylquinazolin-4-yl)amino)ethanols afforded the corresponding novel 5-aryl-9-bromo-7-iodo-2...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,231 Views
60 Pages

25 February 2019

Phthalides and α,β-butenolides are two related classes of oxygenated heterocycles with a wide range of biological activities. An innovative strategy to prepare these compounds is based on C—H bond functionalization reactions, in whic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,351 Views
17 Pages

8 September 2021

Identifying the phase evolution and revealing the chemical bonds of hydrated cements accurately is crucial to regulate the performance of cementitious materials. In this paper, a coupled Raman/BSE-EDS analysis was proposed to determine the chemical b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,112 Views
20 Pages

Energetic and Spectroscopic Properties of the Low-Lying Isomers of C5H: A High-Level Ab Initio Study

  • Sayon Satpati,
  • Tarun Roy,
  • Anakuthil Anoop,
  • Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu and
  • Subhas Ghosal

24 August 2023

Fourteen highly reactive isomers of C5H and their ionic counterparts have been theoretically investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and coupled-cluster methods. The linear C5H (l-C5H) radical, pent-1,3-diyn-5-yliden-1-yl (1), along with i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,451 Views
23 Pages

Coupled Fixed Point Theorems with Rational Type Contractive Condition via C-Class Functions and Inverse Ck-Class Functions

  • Xiaolan Liu,
  • Mi Zhou,
  • Arslan H. Ansari,
  • Kalyan Chakrabarti,
  • Mujahid Abbas and
  • Laxmi Rathour

11 August 2022

The purpose of this paper is to develop coupled fixed point theorems by C-class functions with mixed monotonicity, discuss the existence of the coupled fixed point of two mappings and obtain a coupled coincidence point theorem via inverse Ck-class fu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,507 Views
18 Pages

Structure and Bonding Patterns in C5H4 Isomers: Pyramidane, Planar Tetracoordinate Carbon, and Spiro Molecules

  • Sayon Satpati,
  • Tarun Roy,
  • Sandip Giri,
  • Anakuthil Anoop,
  • Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu and
  • Subhas Ghosal

10 June 2023

We have theoretically investigated nine unusual isomers of the molecular formula C5H4 using coupled cluster (CC) and density functional theory (DFT) methods. These molecules possess non-classical structures consisting of two pyramidanes, three planar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,763 Views
15 Pages

Morpholine Radical in the Electrochemical Reaction with Quinoline N-Oxide

  • Egor L. Dolengovski,
  • Tatyana V. Gryaznova,
  • Oleg G. Sinyashin,
  • Elena L. Gavrilova,
  • Kirill V. Kholin and
  • Yulia H. Budnikova

5 September 2023

An electrochemical reaction between quinoline N-oxides and morpholine was developed by using Cu(OAc)2 as a catalyst, generating products of 4-aminoquinoline N-oxides in CH2Cl2 or 2-aminoquinoline N-oxides in CH3CN in good yields. With an increase in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,599 Views
21 Pages

18 October 2021

A series of mixed oxides of CuO, CeO2, and SiO2 were prepared by gel combustion and employed for the first time as efficient solid catalysts in a solvent-less liquid-phase cross-dehydrogenative coupling. The facile one-pot catalyst synthesis resulted...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,869 Views
27 Pages

Synthesis of Tricyclic and Tetracyclic Lactone Derivatives of Thieno[2,3-b]pyrazine or Thieno[2,3-b]quinoline: Preliminary Antitumor and Antiparasitic Activity Evaluation

  • Maria F. Martins,
  • Francisco Ribeiro,
  • Ana Borges,
  • Ricardo C. Calhelha,
  • Nuno Santarém,
  • Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva and
  • Maria-João R. P. Queiroz

30 April 2025

Tricyclic and tetracyclic lactone derivatives of thieno[2,3-b]pyrazine or thieno[2,3-b]quinoline, and 2H-pyrones were prepared using different methodologies. Pd/Cu-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling using Et3N as a base, of methyl 7-bromothieno[2,3-b]pyr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
115 Citations
13,393 Views
30 Pages

Biocatalysis with Laccases: An Updated Overview

  • Ivan Bassanini,
  • Erica Elisa Ferrandi,
  • Sergio Riva and
  • Daniela Monti

28 December 2020

Laccases are multicopper oxidases, which have been widely investigated in recent decades thanks to their ability to oxidize organic substrates to the corresponding radicals while producing water at the expense of molecular oxygen. Besides their succe...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,208 Views
4 Pages

2-(2,5-Dimethoxyphenoxy)isoindoline-1,3-dione

  • Stanislav A. Paveliev,
  • Oleg O. Segida and
  • Alexander O. Terent’ev

2 December 2022

In this work, the direct C-H functionalization reaction of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene with N-hydroxyphthalimide has been disclosed. A previously unknown product of the C-O coupling of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene and N-hydroxyphthalimide was obtained. The reaction...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,906 Views
16 Pages

26 August 2019

The present work describes the synthesis of mono- and bis-pyrazole compounds bearing flexible p-tolyl ether and rigid 4,5-dibromo-2,7-di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene backbones as pyrazolyl analogues of DPEphos and Xantphos ligands, respectivel...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,441 Views
48 Pages

19 May 2020

The Pd-mediated cross-coupling of (hetero)arenes with alkenes may be an effective method for the formation of a C–C bond from two C–H bonds. Discovered by Fujiwara and co-workers in 1967, this reaction led to a number of reports that we f...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,296 Views
8 Pages

Trace Acetylene Gas Detection Based on a Miniaturized Y-Sphere Coupled Photoacoustic Sensor

  • Xiaohong Chen,
  • Sen Wang,
  • Dongming Li,
  • Zhao Shi and
  • Qiang Liang

14 November 2024

In this work, a miniaturized Y-sphere coupled photoacoustic (YSCPA) sensor is proposed for trace C2H2 gas detection. The cavity volume of the designed YSCPA sensor is about 0.7 mL. The finite element method (FEM) has been performed to analyze the com...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,313 Views
32 Pages

Ni catalysis constitutes an active research arena with notable applications in diverse fields. By analogy with its parent element palladium, Ni catalysts provide an appealing entry to build molecular complexity via cross-coupling reactions. While Pd...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
11,546 Views
20 Pages

On the Use of Iron in Organic Chemistry

  • Arnar Guðmundsson and
  • Jan-E. Bäckvall

16 March 2020

Transition metal catalysis in modern organic synthesis has largely focused on noble transition metals like palladium, platinum and ruthenium. The toxicity and low abundance of these metals, however, has led to a rising focus on the development of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,699 Views
11 Pages

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of 2-Methyl-1H-indole-3-carboxylate Derivatives via Pd-Catalyzed Heterocyclization

  • Rosa Bellavita,
  • Marcello Casertano,
  • Nicola Grasso,
  • Malachi Gillick-Healy,
  • Brian G. Kelly,
  • Mauro F. A. Adamo,
  • Marialuisa Menna,
  • Francesco Merlino and
  • Paolo Grieco

22 February 2022

Indole moiety is well-known as a superlative framework in many natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Herein, we report an efficient procedure to synthesize a series of functionalized 2-methyl-1H-indole-3-carboxylate derivatives from commerc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
750 Views
12 Pages

Immobilized Copper Complexes on Coal-Bearing Kaolin for Catalyzing Allylic Ester Synthesis via C(sp3)–H Bond Activation

  • Chun-Ling Zhang,
  • Dao Su,
  • Habuer Wang,
  • Tegshi Muschin,
  • Yun Wu,
  • Yong-Sheng Bao and
  • Huai-Yong Zhu

Copper complexes have attracted significant interest for catalyzing oxidative dehydrogenative carboxylation of alkanes to form esters. Here, we report a heterogeneous catalyst, in which copper complexes are immobilized on coal-bearing kaolin for the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,509 Views
14 Pages

Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling: An Efficient Synthetic Strategy for the Construction of the Quinoline Core

  • Asier Carral-Menoyo,
  • Verónica Ortiz-de-Elguea,
  • Mikel Martinez-Nunes,
  • Nuria Sotomayor and
  • Esther Lete

30 August 2017

Palladium-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling is an efficient synthetic strategy for the construction of quinoline scaffolds, a privileged structure and prevalent motif in many natural and biologically active products, in particular in marine alkaloid...

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