Rj. Friary et al., INTERMOLECULAR TRANSAMINATIONS OF ENAMINONES - A SYNTHESIS OF FUSED, POLYCYCLIC, N-ARYL PYRIDONES, Tetrahedron, 49(33), 1993, pp. 7179-7192
Aryl amines reacted with enaminones like )[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-1-cyclop
enten-1-yl]methanone, and the transaminated products cyclized to aryl-
substituted pyridones like -9-phenyl-5H-cyclopenta[b][1,8]naphthyridin
-5-one. The starting enaminones rearranged thermally, also forming pyr
idones, for example etrahydro-5H-cyclopenta[b][1,8]naphthyridin-5-one.