C. Bigogno et al., A CONVENIENT APPROACH TO THE N-SUBSTITUTED AMINO DIENES, N-BENZYL-5-ETHENYL-3,4-DIHYDROPYRIDIN-2-ONE AND N-CBZ-5-ETHENYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROPYRIDINE, Heterocycles, 41(5), 1995, pp. 973-982
A synthesis of N-substituted amino dienes (1a) and (1b) is described a
ccording to two different approaches. 1a is obtained through condensat
ion of methyl 4-formyl-6-selenophenylhexanoate (4) with benzylamine fo
llowed by oxidation and elimination; Ib is formed by a Pd-catalyzed cr
oss-coupling reaction utilizing vinyltributyltin. The preparation of 4
is also described.