Papers on the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds by ring enlargement reactions based on the formation of an annelated cyclopropane ring by intramolecular alkylation followed by cleavage of the zero bridge in the obtained [n.1.0] bicyclic systems are reviewed.Ring enlargement is currently one of the most important and often the only tool for the synthesis of various carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds [1-6]. A significant place among this type of transformations is occupied by reactions that proceed through small ring intermediates, in particular cyclopropanes [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Cyclopropanation of cyclic compounds followed by cleavage of the zero bridge in the obtained [n.1.0] bicyclic systems should be noted among the known synthetic strategies based on ring enlargement by one carbon atom. One of the methods for creating an annelated cyclopropane ring is intramolecular alkylation.This review is devoted to analysis of published data on the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds using the above-mentioned methodology.
Synthesis of AzepinesThe most studied types of heterolytic cyclopropanation used for the construction of [n.1.0] bicyclic systems are intramolecular alkylation of enamines and related compounds of the X-(C=C) n -C-C-LG type, where X is an atom with a lone pair of electrons (e.g., N, N -, C -, etc.) and LG is a leaving group. Typical examples of these compounds are the readily available 1,4-dihydropyridines [14, 15] containing a halomethyl