Stereoselective synthesis of medium lactams enabled by metal-free hydroalkoxylation/stereospecific [1,3]-rearrangement

Stereospecific [1,3]-rearrangements are rarely reported method to efficiently build complex organic architectures. Here, the authors describe a metal-free intramolecular hydroalkoxylation/[1,3]-rearrangement sequence affording medium-sized lactams with wide scope, also in an asymmetric fashion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bo Zhou, Ying-Qi Zhang, Kairui Zhang, Ming-Yang Yang, Yang-Bo Chen, You Li, Qian Peng, Shou-Fei Zhu, Qi-Lin Zhou, Long-Wu Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11245-2