Sa. King et al., EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF CARBAPENEMS VIA THE OXALIMIDE CYCLIZATION - MANIPULATION OF PROTECTING GROUPS AT THE OXALIMIDE STAGE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(26), 1995, pp. 4563-4566
An efficient synthesis of the carbapenem nucleus from TBDMS protected
acetoxyazetidinone via oxalimide cyclization technology is demonstrate
d. A key step is desilylation of the oxalimide intermediate. Access to
a variety of protecting group schemes is demonstrated.