Organocatalytic ring expansion of β-lactams to γ-lactams through a novel N1-C4 bond cleavage. Direct synthesis of enantiopure succinimide derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3981-3984

  Alcaide, Benito ^a   Almendros, Pedro ^b   Cabrero, Gema ^a   Ruiz, M Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTAM; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; LACTAMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; SUCCINIMIDES;

EID: 24944466131     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol051504a     Document Type: Article

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