title: Regioselective carbolithiation of o-amino-(E)-stilbenes: cascade route to the quinoline scaffold.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The regioselective carbolithiation of substituted ortho-amino-(E)-stilbenes can be exploited to initiate cascade reaction sequences that can be utilized as new routes to substituted 3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-ones, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines, 1,4-dihydroquinolines, and quinolines.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie L
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Donal F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: O'Shea