Am. Almerico et al., POLYCONDENSED NITROGEN-HETEROCYCLES .26. AMINOPYRROLO[1,2-F]PHENANTHRIDINES BY DECOMPOSITION AND CYCLIZATION OF 2-ARYL-1-(3-AZIDOPHENYL)PYRROLES, Heterocycles, 37(3), 1994, pp. 1549-1559
Acid catalyzed decomposition of 1-(3-azidophenyl)pyrroles (8a-d) affor
ded the 6-amino- and 8-aminopyrrolo[1,2-f]phenanthridines of type (11)
and (12) through cyclization of the intermediate protosolvated arylni
trenium ions (9). In the case of azide (8a,b) intermolecular side-reac
tions led also to the hydroxyphenyl derivatives (10).