HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEY AZETIDIN-2-ONES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF CARBAPENEM ANTIBIOTICS VIA INTRAMOLECULAR C-H INSERTION REACTIONS OF ALPHA-METHOXYCARBONYL-ALPHA-DIAZOACETAMIDES CATALYZED BY CHIRAL DIRHODIUM(II) CARBOXYLATES
M. Anada et al., HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEY AZETIDIN-2-ONES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF CARBAPENEM ANTIBIOTICS VIA INTRAMOLECULAR C-H INSERTION REACTIONS OF ALPHA-METHOXYCARBONYL-ALPHA-DIAZOACETAMIDES CATALYZED BY CHIRAL DIRHODIUM(II) CARBOXYLATES, Chemical communications, (15), 1998, pp. 1517-1518
A highly enantioselective construction of 3-oxa-1-azabicyclo[4,2,0]oct
anes (up to 96% ee) has been achieved by intramolecular C-H insertion
of alpha-methoxycarbonyl-alpha-diazoacetamides catalysed by dirhodium(
II) complexes incorporating N-phthaloyl-(S)-amino acids as chiral brid
ging ligands, which provides a new, catalytic asymmetric route to key
intermediates for carbapenem antibiotics.