Synthesis of polyheterocyclic ring compounds by the intramolecular cycloaddition of N-alkenyl substituted diazoimides Albert Padwa

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)85349-5

Rhodium(II) catalysis of various diazoimides containing tethered π-systems attached to the nitrogen atom results in isomuenchnone dipole formation followed by intramolecular dipolar-cycloaddition.