Eschenmoser coupling reactions starting from primary thioamides. When do they work and when not?

• Lukáš Marek,
• Jiří Váňa,
• Jan Svoboda and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 808–819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.61

• synthesis; isoquinolin-4-ones; primary thioamides; structure–reactivity relationships; Introduction During several past years, we have developed [1][2] a novel synthetic approach toward (Z)-3-[amino(phenyl/methyl)methylidene]-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-ones and have demonstrated [3][4] its application