Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5275796 Tetrahedron Letters 2012 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

The reductive coupling of N-methoxycarbonyl lactams with benzophenone by Zn-TiCl4 in THF gave cross-coupled products as cyclic α-diphenylidene-N-methoxycarbonylamines and ring-opening α,α-diphenyl-α-hydroxy-ω-(N-methoxycarbonyl)amino ketones selectively depending on the reduction conditions. The reductive coupling of N-methoxycarbonyl lactams with 9-fluorenone by Zn-TiCl4 gave cyclic α-(9H-fluoren-9-ylidene)-N-methoxycarbonylamines preferentially irrespective to the conditions.

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