Jr. Hwu et al., Different roles of trifluoromethanesulfonyl chloride in the construction of heterocycles fused with beta-lactams, TETRAHEDRON, 55(26), 1999, pp. 8039-8044
The cis-configurated tricyclic O-3-isooxacepham 5 and bicyclic isopenam 11
were synthesized. The key step for the preparation of 5 involves chlorinati
on of the corresponding carbanion of 3 with CF3SO2Cl followed by an interna
l alkylation. The biologically active isopenam II was synthesized from thio
-S-ester 6 via intermediate 9. The key step involves chlorination of the th
iol moiety in monocyclic beta-lactam 7 by CF3SO2Cl followed by an internal
cyclization. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.