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A synthesis of dialkyl (12E,14E)-7-oxo-10,11-dihydro-7H,9H-azocino[2,1-a]benzo[de]isoquinoline-13,14-dicarboxylates through a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides, generated in situ from proline and acenaphthylene-1,2-dione, with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates is described. According to the X-ray diffraction data, the tetrahydroazocine ring has a rigid twist-boat form with approximate local C2 symmetry.

An efficient synthesis of tetraalkyl 6a-hydroxy-3-alkyl-3H,6aH-acenaphtho[1,2-g] pyrrolizine-1,2,5,6-tetracarboxylates via the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides (generated in situ from [Formula: see text]-amino acids and acenaphthylene-1,2-dione) with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates is described. When glycine was used instead of alanine, phenylalanine, valine, or isoleucine, dialkyl (E)-1[Formula: see text]-(1,4-dialkoxy-1,4-dioxobut-2-en-2-yl)-2-oxo-[Formula: see text],5[Formula: see text]-dihydro-2H-spiro [acenaphthylene-1,2[Formula: see text]-pyrrole]-3[Formula: see text],4[Formula: see text]-dicarboxylates were obtained. The steric effects of the [Formula: see text]-amino acids side chains may be responsible for their different behaviors.

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A one-pot synthesis of dihydro-1H-pyrrolizine derivatives via [Formula: see text] cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides, prepared in situ from proline and ninhydrin, with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, in alcohols, is described. When sarcosine was used instead of proline, functionalized spiropyrrolizines were obtained. Under these conditions, alkyl propiolates produced stable spirans.