Hao Xie, Yunfeng Liao, Shuqing Chen, Ya Chen and Guo-Jun Deng
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2015,13, 6944-6948
DOI:
10.1039/C5OB00915D,
Communication
A novel Cu-catalyzed direct amidation of 2-methylquinolines with amines is described. This method afforded an efficient approach for the synthesis of biologically important aromatic amides from readily available coupling partners using molecular oxygen as the oxidant.
