Reaction of tert-Butylcyanoketene with 2′-Cyclohexylspiro [Fluorene-9,3′-Oxaziridine]

Abstract

Although the reactions of ketenes and three-membered heterocycles containing one hetero atom are well known,^1,2 only one investigation of similar recations with three-membered rings containing two hetero atoms has been reported.³ The reaction of 2-ethyl-3-phenyloxaziridine with diphenylketene was found to afford among other minor products an oxazolidinone derivative (1) and benzaldehyde in yields of 38% and 50% respectively.