Cmr. Ribeiro et al., ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS .34. SYNTHESIS OF SPIRO-PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES VIA THE CN(R,S) METHOD, Tetrahedron letters, 35(39), 1994, pp. 7227-7230
5-Aza-spiro-[3,5] nonane and 6-aza-spiro-[4,5] decane derivatives 5 an
d 9 have been prepared from 2-cyano-6-pheoyloxazolopiperidine synthon
2b via alkylation followed by cyclisation of the resulting halogeno am
inonitrile under dissolving metal conditions.