Aromatic heterocycle synthesis pyridones

A Dewar isomer of unsubstituted pyridine was identified by Wilzbach, but it was very unstable.63 Other Dewar isomers of six-membered heterocycles, isolated and fairly stable, are substituted with perfluoroalkyl groups. However, 1,2-dihydroheterocyclic compounds such as a-pyrone or a-pyridone derivatives are easily photoisomerized to bicyclic Dewar isomers, which are useful for the synthesis of cyclobutadienes. The photochemistry of 1,2-dihydroheterocyclic compounds will be discussed, followed by those of fully aromatic compounds. 

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