Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304 U.S.A.
Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 U.S.A.
Abstract:
Salicylamide condenses with γ,δ- or δ,-unsaturated aldehydes to give cyclic amidals which readily undergo diastereoselective mercury(II)-mediated amidocyclization. The resulting products serve as versatile intermediates for further elaboration as nitrogen heterocycles.