Push-pull enamines in the synthesis of fused azaheterocycles

The review summarizes published data on the methods of the synthesis of fused nitrogen-containing heterocycles via push-pull enamines (mainly enaminones). Both intermolecular (cyclocondensations) and intramolecular (cyclizations) transformations of enamines, in which both nucleophilic centres of enamine (carbon and nitrogen) are incorporated into the resulting heterocycle, are considered. The data on the reactivity of enamines cover a broad range of facile methods for the preparation of diverse fused pyridines (quinolines, isoquinolines, pyridopyridines, etc.) and pyrroles (indoles, tetrahydrocarbazoles, pyrrolopyridines, etc.). The bibliography includes 191 references.