The 1-substituted 3-amino-4H-quinolizin-4-ones 13, available in two steps from 10 and methyl (Z)-2-benzyloxycarbonylamino-3-(dimethylamino)propenoate (11), were diazotized to give the stable diazonium tetrafluoroborates 7a and 7b. Heating of these diazonium salts in alcohols gave mixtures of 3-unsubstituted quinolizine derivatives 8a and 8b and the alkyl indolizine-3-carboxylates 9a−h. The ratio of the two types of products 8 and 9 was dependent on the type of alco-
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