Cyclohepta[b]indole derivatives 7 were prepared by subsequent aza-Claisen rearrangement and intramolecular ring-closure of (cycloheptenylmethyl)benzenamine (3). The mechanisms of the reactions are also discussed.
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Research Group for Alkaloid Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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