8-Methoxy-2, 3, 4-trimethyl-1H-pyrrolo [3, 2-c] quinoline-6, 9-dione (28) and 2-methoxy-6- methyl-7, 8, 9, 10-tetrahydro-11H-indolo [3, 2-c] quinoline-1, 4-dione (31) can be obtained from 4-hydrazino-6-methoxy-2-methyl-5-quinolinamine (21). The synthetic method consists in creating the pyrrole or indole nucleus by applying Fischer's indole synthesis to the hydrazones (22 and 24) to give the amines (23 and 25, respectively). The catalytic ...