Regio- and diastereocontrolled C–H insertion of chiral γ- and δ-lactam diazoacetates. Application to the asymmetric synthesis of (8S,8aS)-8-hydroxyindolizidine†
Gao-jun Fan,Zhongyi Wang,Andrew G. H. Wee
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 08/02/2006 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B606436A
Abstract
γ- and δ-Lactam diazoacetates undergo efficient intramolecular C–H insertion catalyzed by Rh2(MPPIM)4 with excellent regioselectivity and cis-diastereoselectivity to provide synthetically useful bicyclic lactamlactones.