M. Johner et al., MONOCARBOXYLATES OF 3-METHYLIDENE-BETA-LACTAMS - SYNTHESIS AND UNUSUAL OXIDATIVE REARRANGEMENT INTO A SPIRO[AZETIDINE-3,3'-PYRROLIDINE] DERIVATIVE, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 77(8), 1994, pp. 2147-2152
Reaction of the 3-silylated beta-lactams 1 with glycoxalates gives bis
-lactam 3, but the same reaction in the presence of 1 equiv. of Me(3)S
iCl leads to the formation of the disilylated adducts 5. The latter is
desilylated by (Bu(4)N)F yielding the monocarboxylates 7 of 3-methyli
dene-beta-lactams, which, with oxidizing agents, give the spiro compou
nd 8. The structure of 8 is established by spectroscopic data and a cr
ystal-structure analysis.