a Department of Chemistry, 2545 McCarthy Mall, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States b The Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
Abstract:
We report here a simple and efficient preparation of 1H-azepin-5(2H)-ones and their unexpectedly facile isomerization to 1H-azepin-5(4H)-ones under mildly basic reaction conditions.