F. Fulop et al., SYNTHESIS AND MILD RETRO-DIELS-ALDER DECOMPOSITION OF 1,4-METHANOPYRROLO-1,4-METHANOPYRIDONES AND 1,4-METHANOAZEPINO[2,1-B]QUINAZOLINONES, Synthetic communications, 27(2), 1997, pp. 195-203
From norbornane- and norbornene-fused azetidinones 1a and 1b, 1,4-meth
anopyrrolo-, 1,4-methanopyrido- and 1,4-methanoazepino[2,1-b]quinazoli
nones 6a,b-9a,b were prepared by ring enlargement. Norbornene derivati
ves 6b-9b underwent retrodiene decomposition to give pyrrolo-, pyrido-
and azepino[1,2-a]pyrimidinones 10-13, respectively.