The aim of this tutorial review is to highlight the potential application of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) in heterogeneous catalysis. The unique combination of the high reactivity of NHCs together with the ease of separation, purification and recyclability of the solid catalyst makes the heterogeneous system one of the most promising strategies for the synthesis of fine chemicals on an industrial scale. This tutorial review focuses on the most representative examples of this nascent research area and highlights recent achievements of NHCs in heterogeneous catalysis (other than metathesis reactions).We hope this serves as inspiration for further progress in this field.
Quinoline is one of the important class of heterocyclic compounds which have gained considerable importance because of its high pharmaceutical efficacy and broad range of biological activities such as anticancer, anti-malarial, anti-microbial and anti-asthmatic. As a consequence, the desire for new versatile and efficient route for the synthesis of quinoline scaffolds remains an active and growing area of interest both in academia and industry. However, developments of transition-metal catalyzed synthetic methods have witnessed a dominant position over the past few years for the synthesis of diverse range of complex heterocyclics containing quinoline scaffolds. This review specifically provides an overview of the literature available on the transitionmetal catalyzed synthetic methodologies for the synthesis of polysubstituted quinoline derivatives.
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