Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2005CB221203), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20576087, 20776093) and the Foundation of Shanxi Province (2006011022, 2009021015).
The pyrolysis mechanisms of quinoline and isoquinoline were investigated using the density functional theory of quantum chemistry,including eight reaction paths and a common tautomeric intermediate 1-indene imine.It i...