Potassium Carbonate → 5-Oxo-2-(5-phenyl-thiophen-2-yl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinoline-3-carbonitrile

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To a solution of 2-chloro-5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinoline-3-carbonitrile (300 mg, 1.46 mmol) and 5-phenyl-thiophen-2-yl-boronic acid (446 mg, 2.19 mmol) in dioxane (3 ml) under an argon atmosphere was added tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (85 mg, 0.073 mmol) and 2M aqueous K2CO3 (0.7 ml). The mixture was stirred at reflux till complete (TLC; hexane-EtOAc, 2:1) consumption of 2-chloro-5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinoline-3-carbonitrile. Then water was added and the mixture was extracted by dichloromethane. The extract was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (CH2Cl2-Hexane, 1:1), then heated under reflux in ethyl alcohol and filtered to give the title compound (220 mg, 46%) as a dark yellow solid.

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