Thiophene-3-carboxamides bearing allyl or benzyl substituents at nitrogen undergo dearomatising cyclisation on treatment with LDA. Rearrangements transform the dearomatised products into pyrrolinones, azepinones or partially saturated azepinothiophenes.
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