Cm. Marson et al., STEREOCONTROLLED CONSTRUCTION OF CONDENSED GAMMA-LACTAM RING-SYSTEMS BY CATIONIC CYCLIZATIONS - REARRANGEMENT OF A GAMMA-LACTAM TO A DELTA-LACTAM, Journal of organic chemistry, 59(2), 1994, pp. 284-290
A new condensation of 3-alkenamides with benzaldehyde in acidic media,
notably polyphosphoric acid, leads to gamma-lactam rings with high re
gio- and stereocontrol. One such gamma-lactam was shown to undergo a n
ovel and stereocontrolled ring-expansion to a delta-lactam.