S. Solé, X. Cattoën, H. Gornitzka
Jul 5, 2004
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
The reaction of a stable aminoarylcarbene with 2-chloroacrylonitrile is reported. The resulting 1/1 adduct has been spectroscopically and structurally characterized. The initial Michael addition is not followed by cyclopropane formation but by a dearomatizing cyclization affording an original bicyclic structure.