Studies on the intramolecular cycloaddition reaction of isomunchnones derived from N-alkenyl substituted diazoimides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)01108-0

A series of N-alkenyl substituted diazoimides were prepared and subjected to Rh(II) catalyzed decomposition. The initially generated rhodium carbenoid undergoes ready cyclization onto the neighboring amide carbonyl oxygen atom to generate an isomunchnone