Tetrahydroquinolines and Benzazepines through Catalytic Diastereoselective Formal [4 + 2]-Cycloaddition Reactions between Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropenes and Imines.

Regio- and diastereoselective Lewis acid catalyzed cycloaddition reactions between imines and donor–acceptor cyclopropenes generated from silyl-protected enoldiazoacetates provide direct access to stable cyclopropane-fused tetrahydroquinolines and, with cyclopropane ring opening under mild conditions, to 1H-benzazipine derivatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]