Hf. Jiang et al., STRUCTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE SELECTIVITIES IN THE PALLADIUM(II) CATALYZED CYCLIZATION OF N-ALKENYL-2-ALKYNAMIDES, Tetrahedron, 52(33), 1996, pp. 10945-10954
Palladium catalyzed cyclization of N-alkenyl 2-alkynamides occurred sm
oothly in the presence of CuCl2 and LiCl affording alpha-chloroalkylid
ene-gamma-butyrolactams and alpha-chloroalkylidene-delta-valerolactams
stereoselectively. The regioselectivity of the intramolecular C-C dou
ble bond insertion was influenced by the substituent group on the subs
trate. When an alkyl group was introduced into the 1'-position of the
alkenyl, an unusual 1,2-induction occurred. For the 3-substituted 2-al
kynamides, only cis-beta,gamma-substituted gamma-butyrolactams were re
sulted. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd