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2-Substituted-4-quinolones 2 and the corresponding 2,3-dihydro-2-substituted-4-quinolones 3 have been obtained by reduction with CO at 170 °C and 30 atm of 2-nitrochalcones 1, catalysed by Ru3(CO)12 with DIAN-Me as co-catalyst in ethanol–water.
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Tollari et al. (1994) studied this question.
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