A concise and efficient concurrent synthesis of 6,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,e]azepines and 5,6,11,12-tetrahydrodibenzo[b,f]azocines and their conversion to 4-oxo-8,13-dihydro-4H-benzo[5,6]aze-pino[3,2,1-ij]quinoline-5-carboxylates and N-acetyl-5,6,11,12-tetrahydrodibenzo[b,f]azocines: Synthetic sequence, spectroscopic characterization and the structures of two products