Abstract: | The reaction of quaternary salts of pyridylindoles, the heterocyclic rings in which are separated by an ethylene grouping, with alkali was investigated. It was established that 2-(3-indolylvinyl)pyridinium and -quinolinium salts are converted to stable colored anhydro bases in a methanol solution of alkali.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1360–1364, October, 1980. |