Mj. Martin et F. Bermejo, SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA,BETA-UNSATURATED SPIROLACTAMS BY INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION OF ENDOCYCLIC N-ACYLIMINIUM IONS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(42), 1995, pp. 7705-7708
The synthesis of 3-methyl-3-en-1,6-diazaspiro-[4.5]decane-2,7-dione (1
8), the spiro moiety of (+/-)-pandamarine has been achieved try oxidat
ive cyclization of the (Z) and (E) isomers of rboxamido-butylidene)-3-
methyl-3-en-pyrrolin-2-one (15a) and(15b). The stereoselectivity exhib
ited in the intramolecular cyclization by both butylidene precursors h
as also been discussed.