Upon condensation of ortho-phenylenediamine (2) with ortho-alkynylbenzaldehydes in nitrobenzene, oxidative cyclizations are observed, which result in benzimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolines (8) or isoindolo[2,1-a]quinoxalines (9) depending on the influence of additional substituents at the alkyne.
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