The initial [2 + 2]-cycloadduct between a chromium aminocarbene and a tethered alkene undergoes a β-hydrogen elimination very efficiently when triphenylphosphine is added as a ligand. The reaction gives cyclic enamines or homoenamines depending on the substitution on the alkene.
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