“…Domino reactions offer many advantages compared to traditional syntheses, such as the minimization of waste and the reduced consumption of solvents, reagents, adsorbents, and energy. As shown earlier, the reaction of a ternary iminium salt 2 and two equivalents of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinolinone 1 in the presence of ammonium acetate, as a source of ammonia, under appropriate conditions leads to the formation of rigid U-shaped substituted terpyridines 3 , selectively, whereas the S-shaped isomer is isolated in small amounts in very few cases (Scheme 1) 11l
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