I. Takeuchi et al., STUDIES ON NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC-COMPOUNDS - SYNTHESIS OF BENZO[B][1,8]NAPHTHYRIDINE AND ITS OXIDATION REACTIONS WITH PEROXY ACID, Heterocycles, 48(10), 1998, pp. 2125-2132
A new method for the synthesis of benzo[b] [1,8]naphthyridine (4) was
established through the dehydrogenation of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,9-diaz
aanthracene. Oxidation reactions of 4 with peroxy acid afforded seven-
membered 1,4-oxazepine derivatives (5-8).