“…Active methylene compounds 1a – g , 3-aminopropyl silica gel ( 3 ) (for preparative chromatography, 40–63 µm, 0.9 mmol/g amino groups, pore size ~9 nm), 4-aminobenzoic acid ( 12 ), Cu(OAc) 2 ·H 2 O, N,N -dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (DMFDMA, for synthesis, ≥96%), tert -butoxy-bis(dimethylamino)methane (TBDMAM, technical grade), and 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) are commercially available (Sigma-Aldrich). Enaminones 2a [ 72 ], 2b [ 73 ], 2c [ 74 ], 2d [ 75 ], 2e [ 76 ], 2f [ 77 ], and 2g [ 78 ], bis-enaminones 9a , 9b [ 70 ], and 9c [ 71 ], and azomethine imines 6a , f [ 79 ], 6b , e [ 80 ], 6c [ 81 ], and 6d [ 82 ] were prepared following the literature procedures.…”