Nitrone cycloaddition: peroxy acid oxidation of 2-phenyl-1-oxa-9-azabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane
Abstract
Oxidation of 2-phenyl-1-oxa-9-azabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane (5) with m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid is not regioselective, in contrast to the case with the corresponding 1-oxa-8-azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane (2; n= 1, R1= H, R2= Ph), affording mainly the keto-nitrone (7). On reaction with styrene in boiling toluene the latter forms the oxabicyclononane (9).