Organic Communications, cilt.9, sa.4, ss.82-93, 2016 (Scopus)
© 2016 ACG Publications.Bromination of a series of 8-substituted quinolines was reinvestigated and specified for optimum yields and isolation conditions. Mono bromination of 8-hydroxyquinoline (2a) and 8-aminoquinoline (2c) gave mixture of mono and dibromo derivatives 5,7-dibromo-8-hydroxyquinoline (3a), 5,7-dibromo-8-aminoquinoline (3c), 7-bromo-8-hydroxyquinoline (3d), 5-bromo-8-aminoquinoline (3e) while 8-methoxyquinoline (2b) furnished 5-bromo-8-methoxyquinoline (3f) as sole product. Novel phthalonitriles, 4-(quinolin-8-yloxy)phthalonitrile (6) and 4-chloro-5-(quinolin-8-yloxy)phthalonitrile (8) of 8-hydroxyquinoline (2a) were synthesized and converted into their respective bromo derivatives 4-(5-bromoquinolin-8-yloxy)phthalonitrile (7) and 4-((5-bromoquinolin-8-yl)oxy)-5-chlorophthalonitrile (9).