2017 年 75 巻 4 号 p. 340-348
In this review we report our recent studies on the synthesis of N-heterocyclic compounds from aziridines and azetidines. The ring expansion reactions of these strained N-heterocycles with various unsaturated compounds such as electron-deficient isocyanates, allenes, and arynes gave five to eight-membered N-heterocyclic compounds efficiently. We also studied the structure as well as the reactivity of some new N-heterocyclic compounds and disclosed their interesting properties.