Ak. Sharma et al., Diastereoselective synthesis of alpha-butadienyl-beta-lactams and some stereochemical aspects of their Diels-Alder adducts, HETEROCYCLE, 52(2), 2000, pp. 603-619
An efficient diastereoselective synthesis of alpha-dienyl-beta-lactams via
[2+2] cycloadditions of imines with butadienyl ketene is reported. The dien
yl functionality of alpha-dienyl-beta-lactams was then exploited in Diels-A
lder reactions with N-phenylmaleimide (NPM), diethyl fumarate (DEF), ethyl
acrylate (EA), 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD) and stereochemica
l aspects of their Diels-Alder adducts are reported.