SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL BENZOFURAN FUSED 1-AZAAZULENE DERIVATIVE BY TANDEM INTERMOLECULAR SUZUKI COUPLING/INTRAMOLECULAR BUCHWALD-HARTWIG TYPE COUPLING (Dedicated to Professor Victor Snieckus on the occasion of his 77th birthday)

Azaazulene (III) is synthesized either by O-arylation/C—C coupling of compounds (I) and (II) or by title tandem reaction sequence.