Nm. Elwan et al., SYNTHESIS OF [1,2,4]TRIAZOLO[3,4-A]ISOQUINOLINES AND PYRROLO[2,1-A]ISOQUINOLINES USING-ALPHA-KETO HYDRAZONOYL HALIDES, Tetrahedron, 52(10), 1996, pp. 3451-3456
Treatment of alpha-keto hydrazonoyl halides 1 with 3,4-dihydro-6,7-dim
ethoxyisoquinoline 3 and its 1-methyl derivative 4 in the presence of
triethylamine in tetrahydrofuran at reflux afforded the corresponding
cycloadducts 6 and 9, respectively. The same halides 1 react with -cya
nomethyl-3,4-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxyisoquinoline 5 and afforded pyrrolo[
2,1-a]isoquinoline derivatives 12 in high yield.