2,5-dimethyl-4-phenylpyridine in the synthesis of substituted indolizines and indeno [2,1-f]indo lizines

The previously unknown 1-acyl-2-aryl(alkyl)-6-methyl-3,7-diphenylindolizines, 2,3-diphenyl-1-acetyl-6-oxo-6H-indeno[2,l-f ]indolizine and 2-methyl-3,6-diphenyl-1-acetyl-6-hydroxy-6H-indeno[2,1-f] indolizine were obtained from 2,5-dimethyl-4-phenylpyridine. © 1974 Consultants Bureau, a division of Plenum Publishing Corporation.