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Synthesis of Quinolines from 3-Formylchromone
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Dmitriy M. Volochnyuk,†,§ Konstantin S. Gavrilenko,†,‡
Alexander N. Shivanyuk,†,‡ and Andrey A. Tolmachev‡
Enamine Ltd., 23 A. MatrosoVa st., KyiV 01103, Ukraine,
National Taras SheVchenko UniVersity, 62 Volodymyrska st.,
KyiV 01033, Ukraine, and Institute of Organic Chemistry,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
5 Murmanska st., KyiV 02094, Ukraine
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