Mechanistic and synthetic aspects of the acid-catalyzed amino-claisen rearrangement of N-(β-ketovinyl) isoquinuclidenes

Abstract Studies of the acid-catalyzed, amino-Claisen rearrangement of N-(β-cyclohexenonyl)isoquinuclidenes have provided results which pertain to the mechanism of the process and to synthetic applications for construction of the lycorane tetracyclic skeleton.