Journal of the American Chemical Society

Palladium-catalyzed oxidation of amino alkenes to cyclic imines or enamines and amino ketones

B Pugin, LM Venanzi

Index: Pugin, B.; Venanzi, L. M. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1983 , vol. 105, # 23 p. 6877 - 6881

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Abstract

Abstract: Amino alkenes of the type CHz= CH (CHz), NHz (n= 3, 4) are cyclized to pyrrolines or piperideines under" Wacker process" conditions. Amino alkenes with a secondary amino group yield the corresponding cyclic enamines, while tertiary amino alkenes give amino ketones.