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One-Pot Synthesis of Novel Photochromic Oxazine Compounds
journal contribution
posted on 2011-10-07, 00:00 authored by Weili Zhao, Erick M. CarreiraA one-pot domino synthesis of photochromic 2,2-diarylphenanthro-(9,10)-[2H]-[1,4]-oxazines in excellent yield is described starting with acrylic acid derivatives. The reaction mechanism was studied by ReactIR and UV–vis. The cascade sequence of the reactions involves five transformations, namely, acyl azide formation, Curtius rearrangement, arsonium ylide formation, aza-Wittig, and final cyclization to the title compounds.