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The reaction of 1-alkyl-3-(2-quinolyl)quinolinium iodides with excess zinc in THF gives a diastereomeric mixture of 1,1′-dialkyl-3,3′-di(2-quinolyl)-1,1′,4,4′-tetrahydro-4,4′-biquinolyls. An excess of lithium in THF gives a mixture of 1′,2′-dihydro-2,3′-biquinolyl and 1′-alkyl-1′, 4′-dihydro-2,3′-biquinolyl with the former predominating. The reduction by lithium in THF of 1,1′-dialkyl-3,3′-di(2-quinolyl)-1,1′,4,4′-tetrahydro-4,4′-biquinolyls leads to analogous products. Reduction of 1-alkyl-3-(2-quinolyl)quinolinium iodides by metallic potassium gives 1-alkyl-1′,4′-dihydro-2,3′-biquinolyls.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1208–1212, August, 2005.
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Aksenov, A.V., Sarapii, A.V., Antonova, O.A. et al. Investigations on 2,3′-Biquinolyl. 16. The Regioselectivity of Reduction of 1-Alkyl-3-(2-quinolyl)quinolinium and 1,1′-Dialkyl-3,3′-di(2-quinolyl)-1,1′,4,4′-biquinolyl Iodides Using Metallic Zinc, Lithium and Potassium. Chem Heterocycl Compd 41, 1031–1035 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-005-0274-5
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