S. Marchalin et B. Decroix, AN EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLO[1',2' 2,3]PYRADAZINO-[6,1-ALPHA]ISOINDOLES FROM 1-PHTHALIMIDOPYRROLE/, Heterocycles, 41(4), 1995, pp. 689-696
A synthesis of pyrrolo[1',2':2,3]pyridazino[6,1-a]isoindole was develo
ped. Reduction of 1-phthalimidopyrrole, followed by Wittig reaction us
ing ethoxycarbonylmethylidenetriphenylphosphorane gave the carboxylic
acid intermediate (3) which cyclized in the presence of boron trifluor
ide etherate to furnish the tricyclic ketone (4). Mannich reaction, Sc
hmidt rearrangement, and reduction of the above ketone were studied.