Imidazo indolizine derivatives

Little work has been reported. From studies of proton/deuterium exchange rates, 2-methylpyrrolo[2,l-6]thiazole (478) was estimated to have a pKa of 6.4,394 a value comparable with that of 2-methylindolizine (pKa = 5.9).394 In the same way, the basicity of 3,4-dimethylimidazo-[l,5-a]benzimidazole (468b) (pA = 6.01) resembles that of imidazo-[l,2-a]pyridines (pA = 5.05-5.96).398 It would seem, therefore, that the basicity of azapentalenes parallels that of related indolizine derivatives [Eq. (40)]. 

Several names have been used in the chemical literature for pyrrolo[l,2-a]pyridine including pyrrocoline, pyrindole, pyrrodine and 8-pyrrolopyridine, but the one which is now used by Chemical Abstracts, and which will be used in this chapter, is indolizine. The numbering of the system is shown in formula (1). The denomination of aza derivatives follows the replacement nomenclature system, e.g. 1-azaindolizine, etc. It should be noted that Chemical Abstracts follows the systematic fusion nomenclature 1-azaindolizine, for instance, is imidazo[l,2-a]pyridine. The cyclazine nomenclature is treated in Section 3.08.9.1. 

The synthesis of [2.2.3]cyclazines, aza[2.2.3]cyclazines and their derivatives has also been covered. The attention of the reviewers has been focused on the study of the developments in the synthesis of several benzocyclazines and azacyclazines by the [8 -I- 2] cycloaddition reaction of the dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate with various types of indolizines. The synthesis of indolizines, imidazo[l, 2-a]pyridines, and related compounds, which are key intermediates for the synthesis of cyclazines, is also described <88H(27)225i>. 

In 4-alkyl(benzyl)-IPs, the methyl and methylene groups possess enhanced chemical reactivity that increases greatly in their monoquaternary salts. The quaterniza-tion of base 304 by a-bromoketones gave salts 314-316 that were converted into imidazo[4,5-g]indolizine 317-319 derivatives when treated by bases. 

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