Synthesis of heterocycles on the basis of iminotetrahydrocarbazoles. 1. 3-Benzyl-8-methyl-2-oxo-2,3,3a,4,5,6-hexahydro-1H-pyrazino[3,2,1-j,k]-carbazole

The reaction of 6-methyl-1-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazole and benzylamine gave 1-benzylimino-6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazole, which was converted by two methods to a pyrazinocarbazole derivative. The promising character of the use of iminotetrahydrocarbazoles for the synthesis of more complex heterocyclic systems was thereby demonstrated.Translated from Khimiya Geterosiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1632–1635, December, 1987.The authors thank L. M. Alekseeva for investigating the PMR spectra and N. M. Rubtsov and V. V. Chistyakov for investigating the IR and mass spectra.