1: 86 percent / quinoline; H2 / Pd-CaCO3 / methanol / 8 h / 20 °C 2: 22 percent / triethylamine; tributyltin hydride / palladium(II) acetate / CH2Cl2 / 18 h / Heating View Scheme

MoVIO2(acetylacetone)2; [(PPh3)AuCl]; silver trifluoromethanesulfonate in toluene T=20°C; Meyer-Schuster rearrangement; 0.5 h;