Novel quinoline-imidazolium adducts via the reaction of 2-oxoquinoline-3-carbaldehyde and quinoline-3-carbaldehydes with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [BMINI][Cl]

A library of hydroxyquinolin-3-ylmethylimidazolium adducts were prepared in high yields from the reaction of [BMIM][Cl] with various substituted quinoline-3-carbaldehydes and 2-oxoquinoline-3-carbaldehydes under mild conditions by using sodium acetate in MeCN under ultrasound irradiation. The use of sodium acetate and imidazolium chloride was crucial for the success of these C C bond forming reactions. Attempted coupling with thiazolium bromide led instead to quinoline-3-carboxylic acid. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.