Y. Yamaguchi et al., Ring closure of 4-substituted 1-amino-1-(2-aminoanilino)-2,4-dicyanobuta-1,3-diene via 5-exo-trig and 6-exo-dig process, HETEROCYCLE, 51(8), 1999, pp. 1855-1868
Reaction conditions for ring closures of 4-substituted 1-amino-1- (2-aminoa
nilino)-2,4-dicyanobuta-1,3-diene(1) were described in the Light of Baldwin
's rule. A new route to 6-alkoxy-3-(2-benzimidazolinylidene)-5-cyano-2-imin
o-2, 3-dihydropyridine(9) was also developed from 1,5-dinitrile(1).