M. Yoshimatsu et al., NOVEL CONSTRUCTION OF 5-METHYLENEPYRROL-2-ONES BY INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION OF SELENIUM-STABILIZED ALKYNYL AMIDES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (15), 1996, pp. 1839-1843
(Z)-5-(Phenylselenomethylene)pyrrol-2-ones 18-22 have been obtained in
good yields from the cyclization of omega-seleno-substituted alkynyl
amides 11-15 with Bu(t)OK-18-crown-6.