Abstract
The 1:1 reactive intermediates generated by the addition of alkyl isocyanides to dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates were trapped by pyridin-2(1H)-one and isoquinolin-1(2H)-one to yield highly functionalized 1-azabuta-1,3-dienes and, in some cases, minor amounts of ketenimines.
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