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The heterocyclic nucleus in quinolinecarboxylic acids is reduced by Raney alloy (nickel-aluminium) in alkaline media to give 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-,3-,4-,5-,6-, and 8-quinolinecarboxylic acids and 8-methyl-5-quinolinecarboxylic acid and their ethyl esters.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 77–79 January, 1988.
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Graeheva, I.N., Tochilkin, A.I. Reduction of quinolinecarboxylic acids by raney alloy. Chem Heterocycl Compd 24, 65–67 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00475570
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00475570