1 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Ecole Supérieure de Chimie, Physique, Electronique de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5622, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
Thermolysis of alpha-alkoxyamino propionanilides produces indolinones, whereas thermal reaction of N-allylaniline derivatives with various Tordo-type alkoxyamines results in formation of indolines in the radical regime. [reaction: see text]