The remarkable effect of a simple ion: iodide-promoted transfer hydrogenation of heteroaromatics.

The new method for the reduction of quinolines, isoquinolines, and quinoxalines is based on the use of an azeotropic HCOOH/Et3N mixture as hydrogen source, very low loadings of the rhodium catalyst, and catalytic or stoichiometric amounts of KI.

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