A. Sapi et al., ON THE ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR OF CERTAIN 1-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)AZETIDIN-2-ONES TOWARDS CERIUM(IV) AMMONIUM-NITRATE (CAN) - STRUCTURE-REACTIVITY STUDIES, Tetrahedron, 52(3), 1996, pp. 771-782
On treatment with CAN, acetylthiazolidinylazetidin-2-one 12 undergoes
ring transformation to afford compound 22, similarly to azetidin-2-one
s 2a and Ib studied earlier (all with like configurations at C-4 and C
-2'). In contrast, acetylthiazolidinylazetidin-2-one 11 is N-demethoxy
phenylated under the same conditions, similarly to azetidin-2-ones la
and Ib studied earlier (all with unlike configurations at C-4 and C-2'
). Both epimers, with like as well as unlike configurations at C-4 and
C-2', of acetyloxazolidinyl derivative 7 are N-demethoxyphenylated by
CAN. These observations support the mechanism, suggested earlier for
the CAN induced novel ring transformation reaction.