| Literature DB >> 18327339 |
Nicolas Duguet1, Craig D Campbell, Alexandra M Z Slawin, Andrew D Smith.
Abstract
N-Heterocyclic carbenes promote the formal [2+2] cycloaddition of ketenes with N-tosyl imines to give the corresponding beta-lactams in good to excellent isolated yields; chiral NHCs give beta-lactams in high e.e. after crystallisation.Entities:
Year: 2008 PMID: 18327339 DOI: 10.1039/b800857b
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Biomol Chem ISSN: 1477-0520 Impact factor: 3.876