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Heterocyclic Imines and Amines. Part 18. Conversion of o-Cyanobenzyl Cyanide into Isoquinoline, Benzylisoquinoline, and Azachrysene Products
Barnard, Ian F.,Elvidge, John A.
, p. 1137 - 1140 (2007/10/02)
With sodamide in formamide, o-cyanobenzyl cyanide dimerises in the two ways possible: it also adds formamide to yield 1-amino-3-formamidoquinoline (2).Each dimer undergoes cycloisomerization: thus 1-amino-3-o-cyanoisoquinoline (5a) and 6,11-diamino-12-cyanobenzophenanthridine (9) were isolated. o-Cyanobenzyl cyanide with sodium methoxide afforded (5a) very slowly in methanol but much more rapidly in dimethyl sulphoxide-methanol.
