Ring Contraction of α,β-Unsaturated Cyclic Amines with cis-Dihydroxylation at the α,β-Position

α,β-Unsaturated cyclic amines are oxidized by OsO4 to afford α,β-cis-dihydroxylated compounds which are thermodynamically transformed into ring-opened keto-alcohols. The keto-alcohols are then cyclized to form synthetically useful ring-contracted cyclic amines

High regioselectivity in electrochemical α-methoxylation of N-protected cyclic amines

N-Protecting groups of α-substituted cyclic amines strongly affected the regioselectivity in electrochemical methoxylation of these compounds. Namely, N-acyl derivatives were transformed into α′-methoxylated compounds, while N-cyano derivatives changed into α-methoxylated derivatives. Furthermore, Lewis acid catalyzed nucleophilic substitution of the α-methoxylated compounds protected with cyano group afforded α,α-disubstituted cyclic amines