“…Indazolylio oxides 1, 2, 5-9, 15 and 16, when refluxed with 6 mol dm hydrochloric acid, underwent elimination of an alkyl chloride; 1 , 1 -dimethyl derivatives 1 and 2 afforded, respectively, the corresponding 1 -methylindazolols 3 and 4, and the other betaines gave chloroalkyl compounds 10-14, 17 and 18 (Scheme 1, Tables 1 and 2). In the case of tetrahydroisoquinoline-derived betaine 16, although two reaction products could be formed, only that resulting from a 'benzyl chloride' elimination (18) was detected.…”