Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, PO Box 173, Lucknow 226001, India
Abstract:
Synthesis of substituted pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazines and pyrazino[1,2-a]indoles from the Morita-Baylis-Hillman derivatives of acrylates via saponification followed by Curtius reaction is described.
