Water → 9-Hydroxy-9,12-dihydro-7H-cyclopenta[6,7]indolizino[1,2-b]-quinoline-7,10(8H)-dione

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0.6 mmol (18 mg) of NaH as an 80% dispersion in mineral oil is added in small fractions to a solution, stirred at 0° C., of 0.6 mmol (100 mg) of the compound described in Preparation A in 20 ml of a DME/DMF mixture (16/4 (v/v)). The mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 10 minutes before the addition, at that temperature, of 2.4 mmol (210 mg) of LiBr. After returning to room temperature, the reaction mixture is stirred for ¼ hour before the addition of 0.66 mmol (200 mg) of 2-bromo-3-bromomethylquinoline. The reaction mixture is then heated at 80° C. for 20 hours and, after returning to room temperature, subsequently poured into a large excess of water. The precipitate that forms is filtered off and washed with ether to yield the expected product.

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