A new route to heterocyclic compounds by
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Andrew C. Flick; Albert Padwa
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier Science
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French
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N-Alkyl substituted 4-piperidones readily undergo oxidation in high yield upon reaction with mercuric acetate. Application of the oxidation to the synthesis of the skeletal framework of several alkaloids is described.