The mechanism of the thermal rearrangement of 1-substituted 1H-azepines to 6-aminofulvenes
Abstract
Thermal rearrangement of the fully-substituted azepine (VII) yields a 1,1-disubstituted cyclopentadiene (VIII): such compounds are considered to be intermediates in the thermal rearrangement of 1-substituted 1H-azepines to fulvanes where a subsequent [1,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the ketone-imine group is also involved.