S. Jolivet-fouchet et al., Novel rearrangement of pyrrolo[2,1-c] [1,4]benzodiazepines into pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolinones, analogous of alkaloid, vasicinone, HETEROCYCLE, 51(6), 1999, pp. 1257
Tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-5,11-diones (4) and (22-24) in c
oncentrated hydrochloric acid rearranged after 30 min into new oxohexahydro
pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,4]quinazolinecarboxylic acids (5) and (25-27) in good yiel
ds. Quinazolinone (5) was then treated in various conditions to lead to the
corresponding esters and carboxamides (28-34).