Ms. Shvartsberg et al., THE CYCLIZATION OF VICINAL 1-AMINO-2-ACYLVINYLATED DERIVATIVES OF AROMATIC-AMINES, Russian chemical bulletin, 42(8), 1993, pp. 1357-1363
A general method for the synthesis of substituted fused polycyclic com
pounds containing a 4-alkylamino- or 4-dialkylaminopyridine cycle has
been proposed. The method includes the addition of primary or secondar
y amines to vicinal (acylethynyl)arylamines followed by the cyclizatio
n of the adducts under acidic or basic catalysis conditions. Various a
minonaphthoquinolinediones and aminoquinolines have been prepared in h
igh yields by this method.