Novel Chemistry Of The IMDA Adducts Of The Amides Derived From Dichloromaleic Anhydride And β-Aminomethylstyrenes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)01907-Y

Reaction of amides derived from dichloromaleic anhydride and β-aminomethylstyrenes affords unstable Diels Alder adducts, which give via competing processes a number of products including pyrrolidinones by a novel sequence of dehydrochlorination and subsequent ring-opening of a cyclohexadiene.