Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed)

812. The synthesis of 3: 4-and 5: 6-benzophenanthridines

B Mills, K Schofield

Index: Mills; Schofield Journal of the Chemical Society, 1956 , p. 4213,4224

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Abstract

4214 Mills avtd Schojeld: mp 189". This differed from 5: 6-benzophenanthridineJ mp 109- 110", synthesised by an unambiguous method (see below). The formation, from the dehydrogenation product, of a readily decomposed scarlet picrate eliminated any alternative