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Ethoxycarbonylation of α-Cyano-o-toluonitrile and Cyclization to Isoquinolines and Pyrimidoisoquinolines
Deady, Leslie W.,Ganakas, Ann-Marie,Ong, Bee H.
, p. 1029 - 1034 (2007/10/02)
α-cyano-o-toluonitrile is α-ethoxycarbonylated with ethyl chloroformate and 4-dimethylaminopyridine, and cyclized to ethyl 3-amino-1-bromoisoquinoline-4-carboxylate.This is further functionalized, and examples of third-ring annulation to pyrimidoisoquinolines are reported.
