REACTIONS OF SIX-MEMBERED ENOL LACTONES AND CORRESPONDING HYDROXY LACTONES WITH AMMONIA AND PRIMARY AMINES

Scope of Study. The isolation of two previously unknown nitrogen-containing compounds, nepetalactam (C;Findings and Conclusions. Treatment of nepetalactone with ammonia followed by distillation gave nepetalactam but not N -(nepetal-3-yl)-nepetalactam. Later, conditions for the formation of N -(nepetal-3-yl)-nepetalactam from nepetalic acid (C...