Facile diastereoselective access to functionalized oxazol-5-ones and dihydroimidazoles
was accomplished through base-promoted intramolecular amidolysis and methoxide-assisted
tandem intramolecular amidolysis/ring opening/intramolecular cyclization, respectively,
of C-3-functionalized azetidin-2-ones.
Key words
azetidinones - oxazolones - dihydroimidazoles - amidolysis - diastereoselectivity
- tandem reaction