1. For a selection of reviews on the methods for the preparation of azomethine ylides and their 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, see:
2. Intramolecular Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of Azomethine Ylides
3. bHarwood, L. M.; Vickers, R. J.InSynthetic Applications of 1.3-Dipolar Cyaloaddition Chemistry Toward Heterocycles and Natural Products;Padwa, A.; Pearson, W. H., Eds.Wiley:New York, 2003; pp169−252.
4. Ylides by the desilylation of .alpha.-silyl onium salts
5. For the gerenation of unstabilized azomethine ylides from demetalation of (trimethylsilyl)methyl- or (tributylstannyl)methyliminium ions, see ref1and: