C. Peinador et al., A SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLIC RING-SYSTEMS - PYRIDO[3',2'-4,5]THIENO[2,3-B]PYRROLIZINE AND 4,5][3',2'-4,5]DITHIENO[2,3-B'-2,3-B]DIPYRROLIZINE, Heterocycles, 38(6), 1994, pp. 1299-1305
A synthesis for two new polycyclic heterocyclic ring systems is report
ed. Cyclization of pyrrolidinocarboxamide derivatives of ethyl 3-(pyrr
ol-1-yl)thieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylate (4) and ethyl )dithieno[3'
,2'-e:2,3-b]pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate (11) afford iminium salts that
were transformed into the new heteropolycyclic compounds (6) and (13),
respectively.