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Under convention
al he
at (135-145
![](/im<font color=)
ages/entities/deg.gif">C) or microw
ave irr
adi
ation
and 1 equiv of
acetic
anhydride, ortho-substituted
aryl-oximes undergo
anovel sp
3 C-H
activ
ated cycliz
ation to produce the corresponding isoindoles,
and
aliph
atic oximes
afford the corresponding dihydropyrroles.The cycliz
ation occurs with v
arious substr
ates in good yield (46-82%) le
ading to unique spiro-fused
and cyclic imines. An initi
al mech
anisticinvestig
ation suggests the re
action occurs vi
a a nitrenium or vinyl nitrene intermedi
ate.