“…Recently, transition-metal-catalyzed tandem reactions have become an efficient strategy for the construction of structurally complex molecules in organic synthesis, 8 which has been successfully applied in the preparation of substituted quinolines. 9 For example, Shi, 9a Xia, 9b Xu, 9c Li, 9d and Chen 9g have reported impressive procedures to substituted quinolines starting from azide-methylenecyclopropanes, 1,7-enynes, alkyne-tethered diazo compounds, o-cyanoarylacrylamides, and N-aryl azoles, respectively.…”