Yg. Suh et al., A NEW RING EXPANSION REACTION OF 1-ACYL-2-VINYLPIPERIDINE AND 1-ACYL-2-VINYLPIPERAZINE VIA AZA-CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT OF AMIDE ENOLATE, Synthetic communications, 26(9), 1996, pp. 1675-1680
A new ring expansion reaction of 1-acyl-2-vinylpiperidines and 1-acyl-
2-vinqrlpiperazines has been achieved. Amide enolate induced aza-Clais
en rearrangements of 1-acyl-2-azacycles provide the corresponding lact
ams possessing various substituents at alpha-position of carbonyl in g
ood yields.