T. Benayed et al., CONJUGATED ADDITION OF PRIMARY AMINES TO ALPHA-(1-HYDROXYALKYL)ACRYLIC COMPOUNDS - NOVEL SYNTHESIS OF POLYFUNCTIONAL BETA-LACTAMS AND GAMMA-LACTAMS, Tetrahedron, 51(35), 1995, pp. 9633-9642
Direct condensation, in methanol, of primary amines on ethyl-alpha-(1-
hydroxyalkyl)acrylates and 2-(1-carbethoxy-1-hydroxyethyl)acrylonitril
e yielded respectively to alpha-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-beta-lactames and alp
ha,beta-difunctionalized gamma-lactames in good to fair yields. In the
latter case, reaction with N,N-dialkylated hydrazines gave perhydro-1
,2-pyridazinones.