Synthesis of 2,4-diarylquinolines: Nickel-catalysed ligand-free cross-couplings of 4-chloro-2-arylquinolines with arylmagnesium halides in 2-methyltetrahydrofuran

Article abstract of DOI:10.3184/174751911X13026226423986

A ligand-free and room temperature protocol for the synthesis of 2,4-diarylquinolines is described. Treatment of 4-chloro-2-arylquinolines with arylmagnesium halides in the presence of a catalytic amount of nickel(II) chloride without ligands in 2-methylt