“…6 Since that, extensive attention has been paid to the synthesis of quinolines and their derivatives for their broad range of pharmaceutical activity, such as anti-viral, anti-cancer and anti-HIV. 7–9 Various synthetic transformations have been developed to obtain quinolines, including Combes synthesis, 10–12 Skraup reaction, 13 Conrad–Limpach synthesis, 14–16 Povarov reaction, 17,18 Doebner reaction, 19,20 Doebner–Miller reaction, 21–23 Gould–Jacobs reaction, 24,25 Friedländer reaction, 26–29 and so on. However, considering the extreme significance of quinoline derivatives, the development of mild and economic approaches is still attractive.…”