Aminoarenes react with aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a rhodium complex at 180°C to give substituted quinolines in good to excellent yields. Thus, quinaldine derivatives are readily prepared from aminobenzenes and ethanal.
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Watanabe et al. (1979) studied this question.
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