[摘要]:The synthesis of a no. of 2-anilino- and 2-(benzoylamino)-b-carbolin-3-ones in good yields by a 1-step sequence from the reaction of pyranoindolones with phenyl- o benzoylhydrazine is described. The obsd. good regioselectivity of the reaction is discussed. Full assignment of all 1H and 13C NMR chem. shifts was unambiguously achieved.