Octacarbonyldicobalt induced conversion of 1,2-diaroyldiaziridines into dihydro-oxazoles (oxazolines)
Abstract
1,2-Diaroyldiaziridines react with octacarbonyldicobalt in benzene, at 65–70°C, to give dihydro-oxazoles by an intramolecular displacement-rearrangement reaction; thermal rearrangement of the strained-ring heterocycles affords 4,5-dihydro-oxadiazoles.