Haloperfluoroalkanes have been used as catalysts for the reduction of 2-phenylquinoline to its corresponding 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro derivative using a Hantzsch ester as reductand. The results suggest a substrate activation by halogen bonding.
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Bolm et al. (2008) studied this question.