RHODIUM CATALYZED HYDROGENATION OF NITROGEN HETEROAROMATICS UNDER WATER GAS SHIFT CONDITIONS. SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINES AND N-FORMYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)95653-3

Quinolines and isoquinolines are hydrogenated selectively in the nitrogen-containing ring by means of carbon monoxide and water in the presence of catalytic amount of rhodium carbonyl cluster.