α-Amination of Nitrogen Heterocycles:  Ring-Fused Aminals

Chen Zhang, Chandra Kanta De, Rudrajit Mal, Daniel Seidel

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2007 · 282 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Aromatic aminoaldehydes react with cyclic amines to produce ring-fused aminals under thermal conditions. This process is applied to two-step syntheses of the quinazolinone alkaloids deoxyvasicinone and rutaecarpine.

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