Synthesis of 2-methyl(phenyl)-6-methyl-7-phenylindolisine and 2-methyl(phenyl)indolisino-[6,7-a]indene

Substituted indolisines were obtained from 2-methyl-, 2-ethoxymethyl-, and 2-phenoxymethyl-5-methyl-4-phenylpyridines. 3-Methyl-2-azafluorene was used in the syntheses of a four-ring condensed system - substituted indolisino[6,7-a]indene. © 1974 Consultants Bureau, a division of Plenum Publishing Corporation.