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Novel rearrangements of chiral 3-oxazolidinylazetidin-2-ones

  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

Reaction of a 3-oxazolininyl-4-hydroxymethylazetidin-2-one with excess NaOMe in refluxing methanol gives the corresponding 4-oxa-1,8-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]nonan-5,9-dione stereospecifically in nearly quantitative yield via a novel skeletal rearrangement, which includes a gamma-lactone as a key-intermediate; Possible mechanisms and similar rearrangement in a related system is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)887-890
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume33
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 11 1992

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