Synthesis of quinolines, pyridine ligands and biological probes in green mediaThis work was presented at the Green Solvents for Catalysis Meeting, held in Bruchsal, Germany, 13–16th October 2002.

Nitrogen heterocycles are prepared using hot pressurized water under microwave and thermal conditions. Selective reduction, cyclodehydrations (Friedländer and Pfitzinger syntheses), Suzuki coupling, and ligand exchange have been effected in water or water–protic solvent media.