Rh. Prager et Cm. Williams, THE CHEMISTRY OF 5-OXODIHYDROISOXAZOLES .16. A NEW SYNTHESIS OF PYRROLES, FURANS, THIOPHENS AND THEIR BENZO ANALOGS, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 49(12), 1996, pp. 1315-1323
Ethyl 5-oxo-2-phenyl-2,5-dihydroisoxazole-4-carboxylate (2) was photol
ysed at 300 mn in the presence of phenols, enols, anilines, enamines,
aryl thiols and thioenols affording enamines. Treatment of these enami
nes with Lewis or protic acids gives the respective benzo and five-mem
bered ring systems.