Transformations of pyrrolanthrone-1-carboxylic acid

The preparative possibilities of syntheses based on pyrrolanthrone-1-carboxylic acid were studied. Methylation of the acid or its ester leads to N-methylpyrrolanthrone-1-carboxylic acid esters. The esters were converted to amides and hydrazides, and the latter were converted to 1-amino derivatives through the azides. The indicated transformations and decarboxylation in phosphoric acid give the products in high yields.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 785–788, June, 1978.