A high yielding green protocol has been developed for the synthesis of tri-, tetra-, and pentacyclic fused 2-quinolones in micellar medium. The method is more effective compared to phase-transfer catalytic (PTC) method in terms of the yield of the product as well as the reaction time. It is operationally simple as well as environmentally benign. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Priyankar Paira

Department of Chemistry

School of Advanced Sciences

Vellore Campus

S. Naskar

P. Saha

R. Paira

A. Hazra

S. Mondal

A. Maity

K.B. Sahu

S. Banerjee

N.B. Mondal

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Tetrahedron Letters

Synthesis of polycyclic fused 2-quinolones in aqueous micellar system

Journal	Tetrahedron Letters
ISSN	00404039