| Abstract: | N-methyl-tetrahydroquinolines(MTHQs) are a kind of very useful chemicals, which can be obtained from N-methylation of amines.However, the methylation of quinolines which is a kind of highly unsaturated nitrogen-containing heterocyclic aromatic compounds has not been reported. In this work, we report the first work for the synthesis of MTHQs by methylation of quinolines using CO_2 and H_2. It was found that Ru(acac)_3-triphos [triphos: 1,1,1-tris(diphenylphosphinomethyl)ethanl] complex was very active and selective for the N-methylation reaction of quinolines, and the yield of the desired product could reach 99%. |
