Enantioselective photocyclization of amides to β-lactam derivatives in inclusion crystals with an optically active host

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo991832m

Irradiation of inclusion crystals of 2-(N-acyl-N-alkylamino)cyclohex-2- enones and N,N-dimethylphenylglyoxylamide with chiral host molecules gave the optically active N-alkyl-1-azaspiro[3,5]-nonane-2,5-diones and 3-hydroxy-1- methyl-3-phenylazetidin-2-one