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A general and convenient synthesis of substituted quinolines by regioselective copper- or palladium-catalyzed 6-
endo-
dig cyclization-dehydration of 1-(2-aminoaryl)-2-yn-1-ols is reported. The crudesubstrates were easily obtained by the Grignard reaction between the appropriate alkynylmagnesiumbromide and 2-aminoaryl ketones and could be used without further purification for the subsequentcyclization step. Heteroannulation reactions were carried out in MeOH or DME as the solvent at 60 or
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C in the presence of CuCl
2 or PdX
2 (in conjunction with 10 equiv of KX, X = Cl, I) as the catalystto afford the quinoline derivatives in good to excellent isolated yields based on starting 1-(2-aminoaryl)-2-yn-1-ols (66-90%).