a School of Chemistry, Bangor University, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK b Phytoquest Limited, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK c Menai Organics Ltd, MENTEC, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UP, UK
Abstract:
The iodocyclisation of a range N-allyl and N-homoallylguanidines using I2/K2CO3 has been found to lead to a series of novel heterocycles which undergo selective rearrangements on variation of the reaction conditions, and predictable protecting group migration in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid in methanol.