Stable aza-ortho-xylylenes

[2+2] cycloaddition of phenylethynylamine to 10-(methoximino)phenanthren-9-one

Elferink V. H. M. and Bos H. J. T., J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 882 (1985). 


Wittig reaction of phosphonium ylids with 10-(methoximino)phenanthren-9-one

Nicolaides D. N., Litinas K. E., Papageorgiou G. K. and Stephanidou-Stephanatou J., J. Heterocyclic Chem., 28, 139 (1991)
Nicolaides D. N., Awad R. W., Papageorgiou G. K. and Stephanidou-Stephanatou J., J. Org. Chem., 59, 1083 (1994)
Nicolaides D. N., Awad R. W., Papageorgiou G. K., Stephanidou-Stephanatou J., Terzis A. and Raptopoulou C. P., Tetrahedron Lett., 37,1097 (1996). 

Generation and reactions of aza-ortho-xylylenes