Combes quinoline synthesis

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The Combes quinoline synthesis is a chemical reaction involving the condensation of unsubstituted anilines (1) with β-diketones (2) to form substituted quinolines (4) after an acid-catalyzed ring closure of an intermediate Schiff base (3).[1][2]

The Combes quinoline synthesis

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  1. ^ Combes, A. Bull. Chim. Soc. France 1888, 49, 89.
  2. ^ Bergstrom, F. W. Chem. Rev. 1944, 35, 156. (Review)

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