title: Isocyanides and arylacetic acids: synthesis and reactivity of 3-aryl-2-acyloxyacrylamides, an example of serendipity-oriented synthesis.
abstract: Research progress is often promoted by unexpected results that open the way to new scenarios. In this communication, an unprecedented condensation of arylacetic acids and isocyanides and the unusual base-mediated rearrangement of the resulting products to give two novel classes of polysubstituted pyrrolones and pyrrolidinediones are reported.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy. andreab@chimica.unige.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Banfi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galatini
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guanti
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rastrelli
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riva