The potassium hydride mediated trimerization of imines
K Kutlescha, GT Venkanna, R Kempe
Index: Kutlescha, Kathrin; Venkanna, Gopaladasu T.; Kempe, Rhett Chemical Communications, 2011 , vol. 47, # 14 p. 4183 - 4185
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Abstract
A novel reaction, the potassium hydride mediated synthesis of fulvenes, is described. The synthesis utilizes N-aryl imines as an inexpensive starting material affording novel substituted aminofulvenes. It is proposed that the presence of the metalated enamine as well as the imine (ratio 2∶ 1) leads to the formation of an initial dimerization and a transient trimerization product, which cyclizes, giving rise to the aminofulvene.
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