22892-88-2Relevant articles and documents
Thermolysis of Polyazapentadienes. Part 7. An Unambiguous Route to 7-Substituted Quinolines from Cinnamaldehyde Derivatives
Hickson, Clare L.,McNab, Hamish
, p. 1569 - 1572 (2007/10/02)
Flash vacuum pyrolysis of the cinnamaldehyde phenylhydrazone derivatives (4) - (6) or O-alkyl oxime derivatives (7) - (12) at 600 -650 deg C and 10-2 - 10-3 Torr leads to approximately equal quantities of cinnamonitriles and quinolines.Use of a p-substituted cinnamaldehyde derivatives gives the appropriate 7-substituted quinoline in high isomeric purity; the reactions take place via conjugated iminyl radicals.