N. Langlois et al., 1,3-DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITIONS OF NITRONES TO ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED GAMMA-LACTAMS DERIVED FROM (S)-PYROGLUTAMINOL, Tetrahedron, 51(12), 1995, pp. 3571-3586
alpha,beta-Unsaturated gamma-lactams undergo regio- and stereoselectiv
e 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with N-benzyl and N-methyl nitrones and c
an act as accepters in conjugate addition of N-methylhydroxylamine. Th
ese reactions give access to highly functionalized pyrrolidones.