Cyanoethylation of 3-methyl-2-azafluorene

3-Methyl-9,9-di(-cyanoethyl)-2-azafluorene was obtained from 3-methyl-2-azafluorene via the Michael reaction and was converted to the dibasic acid and its diester. Dieckmann condensation of the latter and subsequent hydrolysis gave 3-methyl-4-oxospiro(2-azafluorene-9,1-cyclohexane).Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1668–1670, December, 1972.