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New Syntheses and Ring Expansion Reactions of Cyclobutenimines

Ernst Schaumann A C , Gerrit Oppermann A , Michael Stranberg B and Harold W. Moore B
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A Institute of Organic Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology, Leibnizstrasse 6, D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany.

B Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717, USA.

C Corresponding author. Email: ernst.schaumann@tu-clausthal.de

Australian Journal of Chemistry 63(12) 1656-1664 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH10318
Submitted: 30 August 2010  Accepted: 1 November 2010   Published: 6 December 2010

Abstract

Two routes are reported for the synthesis of iminocyclobutenones having N-(het)aryl substitution: an addition/substitution sequence starting with cyclobutenediones and an aza-Wittig method. A new synthetic route to N-alkyl derivatives is also presented. This involves O-alkylation of 3-alkylamino-1,2-cyclobutenediones using Meerwein’s reagent and subsequent deprotonation under non-hydrolytic conditions. Lithium organyls were found to add to the remaining carbonyl group. The resulting tertiary alcohols undergo ring enlargement on heating in xylene to give 4-aminophenols, 4-amino-1-naphthols, or cyclopenta-annulated quinolines from 4-vinyl, 4-aryl, and 4-alkynyl derivatives, respectively.


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