• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.12
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• pp.3433-3436
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• 2014

A new method for the synthesis of 2,2-dimethyl-6-substituted 4-piperidone was developed; two equivalents of acetone were annulated with N-unsubstituted imines in-situ generated from benzyl azides using a ruthenium catalyst in the presence of $\small{L}$-proline.