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A new methodology for 1-oxacepham synthesis is described. Readily avai
lable 4-vinyloxyazetidin-2-one 2 is shown to be a useful building bloc
k for beta-lactam synthesis. N-Alkylation of 2 is followed by oxidatio
n of the vinyloxy group to give 4-acyloxy-N-substituted azetidin-2-one
s suitable for nucleophilic displacement at the C-4 carbon atom. The r
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