The condensation of 1 2-benzenediamine (I) with methyltetrahydro-5-methyl 4-oxo-3-thiophenecarboxylate (II) in toluene using a Dean-Stark trap gives the triyclic system (III), which is dehydrogenated to 4,9-dihydro-3-methyl-10H-thienol[3,4-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-10-one (IV). Treatment of (IV) with chloroacetyl chloride in dioxane in the presence of K2CO3 yields 4-chloroacetyl-4,9-dihydro-3-methyl-10H-thieno[3,4-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-10-one (V), which is finally reacted with N-methylpiperazine to produce telenzepine, which is isolated as the hydrochloride.
Bromerguride is prepared by bromination of lisuride (I).