Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1979, 44, 1167-1172
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19791167
Reduction of 2-, 3- and 4-acetylquinolines by triethylammonium formate
Oldřich Kocián and Miloslav Ferles
Department of Organic Chemistry, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6
Abstract
The reduction of 2-, 3- and 4-acetylquinolines (Ia-c) by triethylammonium formate affects both the pyridine part of the quinoline nucleus and the carbonyl groups, giving rise to products II-VI.