Table 2.

One-Pot Phosphine-Catalyzed Syntheses of Substituted 3-Acetylquinolines^a

entry	substrate	product	time (h)	yield (%)b
1			4	88
2			5	89
3			19	94
4			19	96
5			11	95
6			1.5	99
7			1.5	92

^a2a (1.5 equiv.) was added in one portion to a solution of 1 (0.2 M) and PPh₃ (10 mol%) in MeCN.

^bIsolated yield.