Intramolecular cyclization of N-phthalyl-β-aryl-β-alanine phenylhydrazide

The reaction of N-phthalyl--aryl--alanine N-methyl-N-phenylhydrazides with phosphorus oxychloride (at80 °C) is accompanied by further transformations of the initially formed 2-aminoindole derivatives and leads to isoindolo1,22,3]-pyrimido5,6-b]indole derivatives. Intermediate 2-aminoindoles were isolated at lower reaction temperatures. The hydrolysis of the isoindolo1,22,3]pyrimido 5, 6-b]indole derivatives was studied. The structures of the compounds obtained were established on the basis of the PMR, IR, and UV spectra and the results of elementary analysis.Deceased.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 926–929, July, 1982.