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A new route to heterocyclic compounds by the mercuric acetate oxidation of N-alkyl substituted 4-piperidones
Flick, Andrew C.,Padwa, Albert
, p. 5739 - 5741 (2008)
N-Alkyl substituted 4-piperidones readily undergo oxidation in high yield upon reaction with mercuric acetate. Application of the oxidation to the synthesis of the skeletal framework of several alkaloids is described.
