Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) promoted cyclisations of 1-[N-alkyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)methyl]amines tethered to proximate olefin: Mechanistic and synthetic perspectives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)85300-X

Upon PET reaction, amines of type 1 undergo efficient cyclisations to produce pyrrolidines and piperidines. Mechanistically, involvement of delocalised α-silylmethyl amine radical cation as reactive intermediate in such cyclisations are described.