Indolizines. 6. Relative reactivities of isomeric 6-, 7-, and 8-ethoxycarbonylindolizine derivatives

The kinetics of the alkaline hydrolysis of 2-phenyl-6-, -7-, and -8-ethoxycarbonylindolizines were studied. The rate constants for the hydrolysis of these compounds and the indexes of the dissociation constants of 2-phenylindolizine-6-,-7-, and -8-carboxylic acids were determined by spectrophotometry. The indexes of the electronic structures and reactivities of 2-methyl-6-, -7-, and -8-ethoxycarbonylindolizines were calculated from theory.See 1] for Communication 5].Deceased.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 627–633, May, 1979.