K. Satake et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 2-METHOXY-2H-AZEPINES - THE FIRST ISOLATION OF 2-AZANORCARADIENE, THE VALENCE ISOMER OF 3H-AZEPINE, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (14), 1997, pp. 2015-2017
The selective formation of 2-methoxy-2H-azepine from 3H-azepines, via
a likely azatropylium cation, is reported; the first isolation of 2-az
anorcaradiene, which is considered to be the valence isomer of 3H-azep
ine, is also described.