Enamines are versatile compounds capable of alkylations, acylations, cycloadditions
and annulation cascades. They are also involved in a range of heterocycle-forming processes.1,2 The broad applicability of heterocyclic secondary enamines in synthesis has
been amply demonstrated in the past two decades.3,4 The reaction conditions, yield and
nature of enamine ring-opening have received great attention in the literature.The authors acknowledge the late Prof. J. P. Anselme, for his help and advice with English and editing and checking the revised article. This investigation was supported by a grant from Namk Kemal University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Department (Project No. NKUBAP. 00.10.YL.14.06)
