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Title: For fun...
Post by: MissPhosgene on October 30, 2010, 11:49:35 PM

Mechanism question attached. Looking up the reference before answering counts as cheating.  ;)

Title: Re: For fun...
Post by: OC pro on October 31, 2010, 07:34:51 AM

This one is really interesting, good old school chemistry. Here are my thoughts:

1. formation of an 2-azadiene --> compound A
2. A undergoes Aza-Diels-Alder followed by an intramolecular Alder-ene-reaction to the target compound 2