Abstract
Carboxylic acids activated with Mukaiyama's reagent (2-chloro-N-methylpyridinium iodide) reacted with imines to produce β-lactams in good yields and with high stereoselectivity. The utilization of three equivalents of tripropylamine as the base was necessary to obtain high chemical yield and good stereoselectivity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 581-584 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 28 1991 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial assrstance is acknowledged from the National Institute of Health (GM 42260) and the Btomedtcal Research Grant (RR 5606) at the University of Kansas We arc also grateful to the Afrtcan-American Institute, New York for a Post-Graduate Award to P M Mashavd WC wtsh to thank Mark Mrlstead for the synthesis of h-lactam 3h.