Anomalous cycloadducts from benzocinnoline N-alkylimides and acetylenic esters
Abstract
With acetylenedicarboxylic esters benzocinnoline N-alkylimides (1) give dibenzoimidazolinodihydro-diazepines (4), which rearrange to 1-(2′-aminobiphenyl-2-yl) imidazoles (5) with acid; the latter undergo novel internuclear cyclisations upon attempted deamination.