Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling Reaction by Cooperative Transition-Metal and Br酶nsted Acid Catalysis for the Synthesis of 尾-Quinolinyl 伪-Amino Acid Esters
A novel dehydrogenative cross-coupling (DCC) reaction between methylquinoline derivatives and N-aryl glycine esters was developed by a cooperative catalysis of copper salt and Br酶nsted acid, affording an efficient synthesis of 尾-quinolinyl 伪-amino acid esters. A plausible mechanism using a proton to activate the methylquinoline derivative and copper(II) to activate N-aryl glycine ester has been proposed.