2-Aryl-substituted cyclic imines and amines are important classes of biologically active compounds and are of great interest for biochemistry and medicine [1– 3]. The reported methods for the synthesis of similar compounds involve the cyclization of γ-amino ketones resulting from the catalytic hydrogenation of β- cyanoketones [4, 5] and the reaction of organolithium compounds with N-vinyl- or N-trimethylsilyl-substi- tuted lactams, followed by hydrolysis of the reaction mixtures [6, 7]. ...
