“…The bond distances and angles in the indolizine skeletons of (2a) and (2b) are similar to those in 1-acetoxy-2,3-diphenylindolizine (Wadsworth, Bender, Smith, Luss & Weidner, 1986), ethyl 1-trifluoromethylindolizine-3-carboxylate (Pritchard, 1988), ethyl 3,7-dimethyl-2-(p-methylbenzoyl)thieno [2,3-b]indolizine-9-carboxylate (Kakehi, Ito, Sakurai & Urushido, 1991), and 3-acetyl-6-methyl-2H-pyrano[2,3-b]indolizin-2-one (Kakehi, Kitajima, Ito & Takusagawa, 1992b). Those in (2b) are also similar to those in (2a) except for the shortened C8--N1 bond (1.402A) and enlarged N1--C8--C7 and N1--C8--C9 bond angles [119.6 (2) and 111.8 (2) °, respectively].…”