Dichotomy in the reaction of phthalimidonitrene with activated benzenoid compounds
Abstract
Activated aromatic compounds react with phthalimidonitrene (1) generated from the aziridine (2), to give mostly 3H-azepines (3), but with the nitrene from lead tetra-acetate oxidation of N-aminophthalimide to give mostly the insertion products (5).