A diastereoselective phenylselenium-induced lactamization of olefimic amides. A possible route to α- and β-amino acid derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0957-4166(96)00496-X

The organoselenium-induced cyclofunctionalization of (S)-N-(α,β-unsaturated-acyl)prolinamides was found to produce with a high degree of chirality transfer, 7- and 6-membered bislactam derivatives depending on the substitution pattern of the starting material.