An efficient microwave-assisted synthesis of thieno[2,3- b ]quinolines under solvent-free conditions.

A novel and efficient method for the synthesis of substituted thieno[2,3- b ]quinolines has been developed. A simple one-pot reaction of 3-formyl-2-mercaptoquinolines 2a–l with 1-chloroacetone, 2-chloroacetamide, ethyl chloroacetate and 2-chloro-1-phenylethanone in presence of catalytic amount of potassium carbonate under microwave irradiation and solvent-free conditions gave thieno[2,3- b ]quinolin-2-ylethanone derivatives 3a–e, thieno[2,3- b ]quinoline-2-carboxamide derivatives 4a–e, ethyl thieno[2,3- b ]quinoline-2-carboxylate 5a–e and phenyl(thieno[2,3- b ]quinolin-2-yl)methanone derivatives 6a–e compounds respectively. The structures of all the newly synthesised compounds were elucidated on the basis of elemental analysis, IR, 1 H NMR and mass spectral data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]