Va. Bakulev et al., STUDY OF POLYFUNCTIONAL DIAZO-COMPOUNDS REACTIVITY IN HETEROCYCLIZATION BY THE METHOD OF INTRAMOLECULAR COMPETITIVE REACTIONS, Bulletin des Societes chimiques belges, 102(7), 1993, pp. 493-502
New method for the study of reactivity of highly reactive compounds wa
s proposed and applied to determine the effect of substituents in alph
a-diazoacetamidines, and -imidates. The introduction of electron-relea
sing groups to the nitrogen atom of the amidine, and imidate functions
was shown to increase the reactivity of the substances studied. The r
esults obtained are in good agreement with the heteroelectrocyclic mec
hanism suggested for the cyclization of these compounds.