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A new continuous-flow strategy was developed for the safe synthesis of 3-cyanoquinolines from 2-(azidomethyl)-3-(aryl)prop-2-enenitriles within minutes. The versatility of the method was demonstrated by using a set of aromatic aldehydes as starting materials, leading to previously unexplored quinolines with satisfactory yields. The limited synthetic accessibility of 3-cyanoquinolines, which are valuable building blocks in medicinal chemistry, has constrained their use.