Organic Chemistry Portal

Abstracts

Search:

A Photochemical Two-Step Formal [5+2] Cycloaddition: A Condensation-Ring-Expansion Approach to Substituted Azepanes

Scott M. Thullen, David M. Rubush, Tomislav Rovis*

*Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA, Email: tr2504columbia.edu

S. M. Thullen, D. M. Rubush, T. Rovis, Synlett, 2017, 28, 2755-2758.

DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589049


see article for more reactions

Abstract

A photochemical rearrangement of N-vinylpyrrolidinones provides azepin-4-ones in good yields. This transformation allows for the conversion of readily available pyrrolidinones and aldehydes to densely functionalized azepane derivatives in a facile two-step procedure.

see article for more examples

proposed mechanism


While ads financed 62% of the published abstracts in 2024, donations allowed us to publish additional 12%. 26% of the abstracts have been published voluntarly. If you kindly donate, we can publish more freely accessible information and help the chemical community even more:

If you don't like pawalls or a flood of more and more advertising, then you can send a clear signal here!


Key Words

azepanes, N-heterocycles, photochemistry, photo-Fries rearrangement, [5+2] cycloaddition


ID: J60-Y2017