“…During the past decade, severalroutes have been developed for the synthesis of functionalized fused oxazolo-quinolinone scaffolds, which typically relied on (i)cyclization of 3-amino-4hydroxy-2-quinolones with carboxylic acids/acid derivatives in polyphosphoric acid (PPA), [19] (ii)thermolysis of carboxylic acids with 4-azidoquinolones in PPA, [20] (iii)Beckmann rearrangement of the oxime of 3-aryl-4-hydroxy-2-quinolones, [21] (iv) reaction of a-isocyanoacetates with isatoic anhydrides, [22] (v) transitionmetal-catalyzed sequential reactiono fe thyl 2-chlorooxazole-4carboxylate, [23] (vi)cyclization of methyl 4-(methylthio)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylate with hydroxylamineh ydrochloridei ne thanol under reflux conditions, [24] and (vii)thermolysis of 3-amino-4-hydroxy-2-quinolone hydrochloride with triethylorthoformate (Scheme 1). [25] However, most of these approaches have one or more limitations such as the instability of startingm aterials or intermediates, relativelyh arsh reaction conditions, use of strong acidic media, which is incompatible with respect to functionality,p rolongedr eactiont imes, and most importantly use of preciousm etal catalysts, complex ligands,a nd toxic reagents, which adversely affect the environment.…”