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A route to piperazine-fused 3-hydroxy beta-lactams was accomplished vi
a [2+2] cycloaddition, of alkoxyketenes with imines derived from chira
l alpha-amino aldehydes and chiral beta-aminoalcohols. The resulting b
eta-lactams on exposure to 0.55M NaOCl and a catalytic amount of 2,2,6
,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) afforded alpha-amino acid N-c
arboxy anhydrides formally derived from piperazine-2-carboxylic acids.
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