title: The Intramolecular Aldol Condensation Route to Fused Bi- and Tricyclic beta-Lactams(1)(,)(2).
abstract: Staüdinger cycloaddition of activated acid chlorides to 1,3-ketoaldimines, prepared in quantitative yields from 1,3-ketoaldehydes and amino esters, gave in excellent yields cis-2-azetidinones, 6-8, having the adequate functionality to obtain fused bi- and tricyclic beta-lactams. Reaction of compounds 6 with LHMDS at low temperature gave a single diastereomer of fused bicyclic compounds with a carbapenam or carbacefam skeleton. Treatment of diastereomeric cis-2-azetidinones, 7/8, in analogous conditions resulted either in the exclusive cyclization of one of the two diastereomers to form tricyclic [4.n.m] (n = 5, 6; m = 5, 6) compounds, or in the cyclization of both diastereomers to form tricyclic [4.n.7] (n = 5, 6) 2-azetidinones. In all cases the cyclization step was totally stereoselective. Alternatively, trans-carbapenams and one example of a tricyclic system having a trans-2-azetidinone ring have been obtained by using longer reaction times and higher temperatures. Epimerization at C3 of the 2-azetidinone nucleus occurs in these reaction conditions to obtain a single diastereomer of the final products. This approach to fused policyclic 2-azetidinones is one of the scarce syntheses of this kind of compound making use of the aldol condensation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Benito
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alcaide
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polanco
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sáez
authors.forename: Miguel A.
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sierra