Methods for the synthesis of the earlier unknown N-substituted 2-(5,6,7,8-t
etrafluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinolin-3-yl)glyoxylic acids and their esters
from copper chelate of ethyl pentafluorobenzoylpyruvate were developed. The
structure of intermediate ethyl 4-(R-amino)-2-oxo-3-pentafluorobenzoylbut-
3-enoates is discussed.