Phenylmalonyl heterocyclic compounds such as the quinolones1a–c or3, benzoquinolizinones6a, band the phenalenones8a, bcan be converted to benzofuranes (2a–c, 7a, band9a, b) by cyclodehydrogenation with Pd/C in boiling diphenyl ether. 2-Phenylchinchonic acid (10) reacts under the same conditions to the dimeric benzofuroquinoline12: the decarboxylated quinoline11however gives the monome
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