Abstract
Treatment of title triflate 1 with two equivalents of pyridine yields the 4-(4-phenyl-1,9a-dihydro-2H-quinolizin-2-ylidene)morpholinium triflate (4). Similarly, quinoline and isoquinoline convert 1 into the benzodi- hydroquinolizine salts 6 and 7, respectively. This novel access to the 1,9a- dihydro-2H-quinolizine system is based on base-initiated cyclization of a dicationic intermediate such as 4-(3-pyridiniopropenylidene) morpholinium ditriflate 2. Tertiary amines catalyze the isomerization of 4 into the 3,4-dihydroquinolizinium triflate 8.

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