Q. Li et al., Practical synthesis of 2-pyridone core: Ethyl 8-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-7-fluoro-9-methyl-4-oxo-4H-quinolizinone-3-carboxylate, HETEROCYCLE, 51(6), 1999, pp. 1345
A practical synthesis of the fluoropyridone core (2), an important intermed
iate to ABT-719 and other 2-pyridones, from the commercially available 3-ch
lorotetrafluoropyridine in 10 to 11 linear transformations with 10-26% over
all yield is described.