Reduction of 4-(Haloalkyl)azetidin-2-ones with LiAlH4 as a Powerful Method for the Synthesis of Stereodefined Aziridines and Azetidines
Organic Letters2006Vol. 8(6), pp. 1101–1104
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Abstract
[reaction: see text] A new synthesis of stereodefined aziridines and azetidines, starting from 4-(1- or 2-haloalkyl)azetidin-2-ones, is described. Treatment of the latter compounds with LiAlH(4) gave 1,2-fission of the beta-lactam, followed by an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution of the halogen, giving rise to the formation of 2-(1-alkoxy-2-hydroxyethyl)aziridines in the case of 4-(1-haloalkyl)azetidin-2-ones and of 2-(1-alkoxy-2-hydroxyethyl)azetidines in the case of 4-(2-haloalkyl)azetidin-2-ones. The resulting 2-(1-alkoxy-2-hydroxyethyl)aziridines were transformed into the corresponding trans-3,4-substituted oxolanes via an intramolecular nucleophilic ring opening, triggered by AlCl(3).
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