“…1 More specifically, various biologically and pharmacologically significant compounds contain the 2-quinolone moiety as a structural and pharmacophoric feature, and these compounds exhibit a variety of functions, including anticancer activity, antiplatelet activity, glycine NMDA receptor antagonism, 5-HT 4 agonism, potassium channel opening activity, and antimicrobial activity. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Figure 1 Structure of 4-aryl-2-quinolone (1) Due to the chemical and medicinal importance of 4aryl-2-quinolones, a number of synthetic methods for their preparation have been investigated to date. Based on the cy-clization conditions employed, these synthetic methods can be divided into two categories, namely dehydrative cyclization and transition-metal-catalyzed cyclization.…”