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Pure Appl. Chem., 2008, Vol. 80, No. 5, pp. 1135-1140

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200880051135

γ-Methylidene-δ-valerolactones as a coupling partner for cycloaddition: Palladium-catalyzed [4+3] cycloaddition with nitrones

Ryo Shintani, Masataka Murakami and Tamio Hayashi

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

Abstract: A new type of reagent, γ-methylidene-δ-valerolactones, has been devised, which acts as a four-carbon unit in a Pd-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction through the formation of a 1,4-zwitterionic species. The utility has been demonstrated in the context of stereoselective [4+3] cycloaddition with nitrones to provide highly functionalized 1,2-oxazepines, including the asymmetric variant with high enantioselectivity.