Quinoline with acetylenic esters

Isothiazoles are reported to yield the lactam (101) on reaction with diphenyl ketene <85BSB149>. Ethyne dicarboxylate esters add to 2,1-benzisothiazole to generate quinoline esters (102), and benzyne reacts to yield aeridine <83H(20)489, 88JCS(Pl)2l4l>. 2-Methyl-2,l-benzisothiazolin-3-thione with acetylene esters forms 2-iminobenzoquinone methides (103), which dimerize to give diazocines (104) or further react with the ethyne ester to yield diadducts (105). The initial adduct formed with phenylethyne and 2-methyl-2,l-benzisothiazolin-3-thione rearranges to produce l,2-dithiole[3,26]... 

Quinoline and isoquinoline couple with acetylenic esters and NH-het-erocyclic compounds (Scheme 68) (12SC157). The adducts are formed under mild conditions without a catalyst and in good yields. 

Quinoline derivatives have been substituted by nucleosides <94JCS(P1)2931> and by ert-butyl groups <95JOC(60)5390> via radical substitution reactions. Palladium-catalyzed cross coupling method has been used to couple quinoline triflates with acetylene <95T(51)3737>. 4-Quinolones, in contrast to 2-quinolones, react with peroxodisulfate anions in aqueous base to form 3-hydroxyquinolines via the 3-sulfate ester <95JCR(S)164>. 

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