摘要
In contrast to substituted 4-acetic acid 1,4-dihydropyridines, giving only 6-lactones upon intramolecular reactions, 2-substituted 1,2-dihydropyridines led, besides to 8-lactones, also to new, structurally interesting gamma-lactones as the result of a bromine-induced carbon-carbon double bond 'Umpolung'.