posted on 2012-07-06, 00:00authored byYa Lin Tnay, Cheng Chen, Yi Yuan Chua, Line Zhang, Shunsuke Chiba
A synthetic method of azaspirocyclohexadienones has been developed through copper-catalyzed aerobic spirocyclization of biaryl-N-H-imines prepared by the reaction of biarylcarbonitriles and Grignard reagents.