One pot synthesis of pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinolinone/pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinoline derivatives from 2-aminoarylacrylates/2-aminochalcones and tosylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC).

An efficient and practical synthetic approach to access to 2H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinolin-4(5H)-one/2H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinoline derivatives by the reaction of 2-aminoarylacrylates/2-aminochalcones and tosylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) via a one pot van Leusen reaction and cyclization under basic conditions has been reported. The desired products could be obtained in moderate to good yields.

I2/TBPB mediated oxidative reaction of N-tosylhydrazones with anilines: practical construction of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles under metal-free and azide-free conditions.

An efficient I2 (20 mol %)/TBPB mediated oxidative formal [4 + 1] cycloaddition of N-tosylhydrazones with anilines via C-N/N-N bond formation and S-N cleavage has been developed. This protocol represents a simple, general, and efficient approach for the construction of 1,2,3-triazoles under metal-free and azide-free conditions by utilizing a catalytic amount of I2.