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Thermal Ring Contraction of Oxygenated Pyrazines to Imidazoles via Diazoxepins
O'Connell, Amanda J.,Peck, Colin J.,Sammes, Peter G.
, p. 399 - 400 (1983)
Deoxygenation of pyrazine endoperoxides with triphenylphosphine can result in ring contraction to imidazoles, a process involving the heterocyclic analogues of arene oxides, these being in equilibrium with the corresponding 3,6,1-diazoxepins.
