Za. Krasnaya et al., SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL SUBSTITUTED PHENOLS BY CONDENSATION OF ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED BETA-DIMETHYLAMINOALDEHYDE AMINALS WITH TRIKETONES, Mendeleev communications, (5), 1993, pp. 195-196
Condensation of alpha,beta-unsaturated beta-dimethylaminoaldehydes wit
h heptane-2,4,6-trione unexpectedly affords a new type of substituted
phenols (4a-c; 5a,c) due to intramolecular cyclization accompanied by
1,6-deamination.