Ar. Katritzky et al., FACILE SYNTHESIS OF BENZOTRIAZINES AND INDOLES BY RING-SCISSIONS OF ALPHA-BENZOTRIAZOL-1-YL HYDRAZONES, Synthetic communications, 27(22), 1997, pp. 3963-3976
alpha-(Benzotriazol-1-yl)hydrazones 2a-d and 13a-c were prepared by re
fluxing the corresponding alpha-(benzotriazol-1-yl)ketones with p-tosy
l hydrazide or benzenesulfonyl hydrazide. Treatment of 2a-b with n-but
yllithium in the presence of TMEDA gave benzotriazines 6a-b, while lit
hiation of 13a-c resulted in indole derivatives 16a-c, depending on th
e structure of the hydrazones.