摘要

In this work, a construction of 12-methyl[1]benzoxepino[3,4-b]quinolin-13(6H)-ones, structurally intriguing hybrid molecules consisting of fused 4-methylquinoline and 1-benzoxepin-5-one units, has been successfully achieved via a two-step procedure, involving the onepot synthesis of 2-(aryloxymethyl)-4-methylquinoline-3-carboxylic acids followed by their intramolecular Friedel-Crafts cyclization reaction. Our synthetic protocol described here could be attractive as it is simple, easy to handle and does not involve the use of expensive reagents or catalysts.