title: The reaction of phenyldimethylsilyllithium with N-phenylpyrrolidone.
abstract: Phenyldimethylsilyllithium reacts with N-phenylpyrrolidone 5 to give the known tetracyclic amines [2,3,3a,3b,4,5,6,11b-octahydro-3aalpha,3balpha, 11balpha-1-phenyl-1H-dipyrrolo(1,2a:3',2'c)quinoline and its 3bbeta isomer] 6 and 7.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buswell
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fleming