S. Tollari et al., INTRAMOLECULAR AMINATION OF OLEFINS - SYNTHESIS OF 2-SUBSTITUTED-4-QUINOLONES FROM 2-NITROCHALCONES CATALYZED BY RUTHENIUM, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (15), 1994, pp. 1741-1742
2-Substituted-4-quinolones 2 and the corresponding 2,3-dihydro-2-subst
ituted-4-quinolones 3 have been obtained by reduction with CO at 170 d
egrees C and 30 atm of 2-nitrochalcones 1, catalysed by Ru-3(CO)(12) w
ith DIAN-Me as co-catalyst in ethanol-water.