Cycloaddition of benzocinnoline N-acylimides to diphenylketen
Abstract
Benzo[c]cinnoline N-acylimides (1) give the rearranged adducts (2) with diphenylketen; the ylide (6) can be intercepted in this reaction suggesting that the expected 1,3-diplor cycloadduct (5) is formed initially and rearranges to (2) both intramolecularly and by dissociation-recombination.