Stereocontrolled Synthesis of N-Vinyl-, N-(1'-Propenyl)-, and N-Unsubstituted-β-lactams from 2-Aza-1,3-butadienes via the Staudinger Reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00073a042

2-Aza-1,3-butadienes 2 and 5 were synthesized in good yields and on a large scale.Reaction of 2 and 5 with acid chlorides in the presence of triethylamine (Staudinger reaction) resulted in the high-yielding formation of N-vinyl- and N-(1'-propenyl)-β-lact