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The thermolysis of 1-diazo-2-oxo-(2-N,N-disubstituted aminophenyl)ethy
lphosphonates 1 gave rise to 2-oxoindolinium enolate derivatives 4 thr
ough Wolff rearrangement and interaction of the tert-amino moiety with
the ketene functionality. Variable amounts of either ammonium ylides
5 or of products resulting from their transformations were also formed
during the course of the reaction. If the amino moiety was substitute
d by a benzyl or an allyl group, indolinones, resulting from [1,3] or
[1,2] benzylic or allylic shifts, were isolated in place of compounds
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