Abstract
Lithium perchlorate has been found to catalyze the conjugate addition of maleimides with 2-aminopyridines and 2-aminothiazoles. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions leading to the corresponding double adducts in good yields. A plausible mechanism of this reaction has been proposed.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are grateful to Olexandr V. Turov, Magdalina D. Tsapko, and Olexandr Petin for help with NMR studies.
Notes
a For all products, the yields are given after recrystallization.