Crystal structure of 13-phenyl-2,3,4,13-tetra-hydro-1H-indazolo[1,2-b]phthalazine-1,6,11-trione.

The title compound, C21H16N2O3, consists of an indazolone moiety, bearing a phenyl group, fused to a phthalazine ring system (r.m.s.

Crystal structure of 13-(2-meth-oxy-phenyl)-3,4-di-hydro-2H-indazolo[1,2-b]phthalazine-1,6,11(13H)-trione.

In the title compound, C22H18N2O4, the three fused rings of the pyrazolo-phthalazine moiety are coplanar (r.m.s.

Crystal structure of (2S/2R,3S/3R)-3-hydroxy-2-phenyl-chroman-4-one.

In the title mol-ecule, C15H12O3, the C atoms bearing the hy-droxy group and the phenyl ring are disordered over two sets of sites with refined occupancies of 0.573 (7) and 0.427 (7).

2-Hy-droxy-methyl-1,3-dimethyl-1H-benzimidazol-3-ium iodide.

In the cation of the title compound, C10H13N2O(+)·I(-), all non-H atoms, with the exception of the O atom, are essentially coplanar, with a maximum deviation of 0.04 (1) Å. In the crystal, the cations and anions are arranged in layers parallel to (100).

2-Hy-droxy-methyl-1,3-dimethyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium triiodide.

The crystal packing of the title salt, C6H11N2O(+)·I3 (-), can be described as consisting of alternating layers of cations and anions parallel to the (100) plane along the a-axis direction. The components are linked by O-H⋯I, C-H⋯I and C-H⋯O interactions, generating a three-dimensional network. The O atom deviates from the imidazol ring by 0.

Synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids via anodic cyanation as the key step.

We report a new route to tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) alkaloids involving the alkylation of alpha-aminonitrile 2 as a key step. The latter compound was prepared by anodic cyanation of the corresponding tertiary amine 1. Reductive decyanation of alpha-aminonitriles 6a-c proceeded diastereoselectively (up to 95% de) to deliver the C1-substituted alkaloids precursors 9a-c.