Quantum Chemical Study of the Mechanism of (E,Z)-1,3-Diphenyl-2-Aza-1,3-Diene Stereoselective Formation from N-Benzyl-1-Phenylethane-1-Imine and Acetylene in the KOt-Bu/DMSO Superbasic Environment.

Mechanism of (E,Z)-1,3-diaryl-2-azadienes stereoselective formation from N-benzylketimines and acetylene in the superbasic KOt-Bu/DMSO environment is considered within the density functional theory on the example of N-benzyl-1-phenylethane-1-imine vinylation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]