N-{4-[(2E)-3-(2H-1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)prop-2-enoyl]phenyl}quinoline-3-carboxamide

An amide chalconehas been synthesized in a two-step reaction. First, N-(4-acetylphenyl) quinoline-3-carboxamide 2 was synthesized by the reaction of quinoline-3-carboxylic acid 1 and thionyl chloride (SOCl2), following the addition of 4-aminoacetophenone. Then, a typical Claisen-Schmidtreactionwas made between 2 and piperonal using KOH solution as a catalystin ethanol, under ultrasonic irradiation. The structure of the target compound was established by FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy), HRMS, H-1 and C-13-NMR.