D.S. Ryabukhin, A.V. Vasilyev
“A synthesis of 4-aryl quinolin-2(1H)-ones by acidic zeolite promoted intramolecular cyclization of N-aryl amides of 3-arylpropynoic acids”
Tetrahedron Lett., 2015, 56, 2200-2202
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.03.060
N-Aryl amides of 3-arylpropynoic acids are intramolecularly cyclized into 4-aryl quinolin-2(1H)-ones in high yields without any by-products under the action of acidic zeolite CBV-720 in benzene at 130 °C in a glass high pressure tube.