“…According to TP3 , the reaction of quinoline N -oxide (145 mg, 1 mmol) with a di(3-cyanophenyl) zinc reagent (7.9 mL, 0.19 M) afforded the desired product 43 as a white solid (79 mg, 34%): 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 8.51 (t, J = 1.7 Hz, 1H), 8.40 (dt, J = 8.0, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.28 (d, J = 8.6 Hz, 1H), 8.17 (d, J = 8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.86 (d, J = 8.6 Hz, 2H), 7.79–7.71 (m, 2H), 7.63 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (ddd, J = 8.1, 6.8, 1.2 Hz, 1H); 13 C{ 1 H} NMR (101 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 154.6, 148.2, 140.7, 137.4, 132.5, 131.6, 131.3, 130.2, 129.8, 129.6, 127.5, 127.5, 127.0, 118.8, 118.3, 113.1. All the resonances in the 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra were consistent with the reported values …”