Abstract
N-[2-(α-Bromoacetyl)phenyl]imides (prepared in two steps from 2-aminoacetophenone) gave, upon treatment with sodium azide, fused azidoquinolines via an intramolecular cyclization. Reaction of the above azides with phosphines gave N-heteryliminophosphoranes. The IR,
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H-,
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C-, and
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P-NMR and MS spectra of these compounds as well as the x-ray crystal structure of two of them is reported.