“…In 1972 Meth-Cohn and Suschitzky reviewed the formation of heterocycles by ring closure of ortho-substituted tertiary anilines (the "tert-amino effect").1 We have demonstrated that this type of reaction has a wider applicability, e.g. for the synthesis of pyrrolo-and pyrido-[l,2-a]indoles, pyrrolo[l,2-a]quinolines, benzofc]quinolizines, [ 1,4]oxazino [4,3-a] quinolines,2 and pyrazinoquinolines.3 The synthesis of benzoxazines,4 benzothiazines, and a quinoxaline5 can also be regarded as examples of this type of reaction. The formation of all these compounds takes place via either a 1,5-or a 1,6-hydrogen shift, depending on the structure of the reactant.…”