“…4-(Allyloxy)quinolines 11 and 13 and 4-(propargyloxy)quinoline 12 were prepared as substrates for the tandem Claisen-Cope rearrangement as shown in Scheme . The chloroimidate derived from treatment of 3,4-difluoroacetanilide (8) with PCI5 was condensed with diethyl sodiomalonate to give an intermediate enamino diester, which was cyclized thermally in Dowtherm to afford a regioisomeric mixture of difluoroquinolones 9 and 10, with the desired 6,7-difluoro isomer 9 predominating by «3.3:1. Alkylation of the mixture of 9 and 10 under standard conditions with allyl bromide, propargyl bromide, and (/S-chloromethyl)allyl chloride, respectively, provided quinolines 11-13.…”