Photocyclization of NN-disubstituted benzoylacetamides and acetoacetamides
Abstract
NN-Dialkyl-benzoylacetamides (1a–e and j–n) and -acetoacetamides (1f–i), and N-methylbenzoylacetanilide (1o) undergo photocyclization involving δ-hydrogen abstraction by the ketone carbonyl group to give N-substituted 4-hydroxypyrrolidin-2-ones (2a–o) in high yields.