Novel reversible dimerisation of perhydropyrido[1,2-c][1,3]oxazepines; X-ray analysis of a 14-membered macrocyclic dimer
Abstract
trans-Isomers of the title oxazepines, e.g.(2) and (6), but not the cis-isomers, e.g.(5), undergo an unusual dimerisation from the liquid state; X-ray analysis shows that the crystalline dimer (7; R = Et) contains a 14-membered heterocyclic ring.