Y. Ma et al., Synthesis of furo[3,2-c]- and pyrano[3,2-c]quinolines by lanthanide triflate catalyzed imino-Diels-Alder reaction, CHIN J CHEM, 18(3), 2000, pp. 377-383
Imino Diels-Alder reaction of imines with 2,3-dihydrofuran or 3,4-dihydro-2
H-pyran proceeded smoothly in the presence of a catalytic amount (0.5 mol %
) of ytterbium triflate to afford faro[3,2-c]- and pyrano[3,2-c] quinolines
conveniently in high yield.