Aza-Bergman rearrangement

The aza-Bergman rearrangement of C,A-dialkynylimines to p-alkynyl acrylonitriles has also been studied intensively. In 1997, David and Kerwin investigated the thermochemistry of (Z)-118 in solution and observed rearrangement to (Z)-119... 

Feng, L., Zhang, A. and Kerwin, S.M. (2006) Enediynes from aza-enediynes C,N-dialkynyl imines undergo both aza-Bergman rearrangement and conversion to enediynes and fumaronitriles. Organic Letters, 8(10), 1983-1986. 

Fiedler, D., Bergman, R.G. and Raymond, K.N. (2004) Supramolecular catalysis of a unimolecular transformation Aza-Cope rearrangement within a self-assembled host. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 43 (48), 6748-6751. 

Brown CJ, Bergman RG, Raymond KN (2009) Enantioselective catalysis of the aza-cope rearrangement by a chiral supramolecular assembly. J Am Chem Soc 131 17530-17531... 

Feng, L., Kumar, D., Kerwin, S. M. /tn Extremely Facile /tza-Bergman Rearrangement of Sterically Unencumbered Acyclic 3-Aza-3-ene-... 

C. J. Hastings, D. Fiedler, R. G. Bergman, K. N. Raymond, Aza Cope rearrangement of prop-argyl enammonium cations catalyzed by a self-assembled nanozyme , J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 10977. 

Hastings CJ, Fiedler D, Bergman RG, Raymond KN (2008) Aza cope rearrangement of propargyl enammonium cations catalyzed by a self-assembled nanozyme . JAm Chem Soc 130(33) 10977-10983... 

David, W.M. and Kerwin, S.M. (1997) Synthesis and thermal rearrangement of C, N-dialkynyl imines a potential aza-Bergman route to 2, 5-didehydropyridine. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 119(6), 1464-1465. 

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