New synthetic methodology for the synthesis of 7-substituted tetrahydroazepin-2-ones
Abstract
The Claisen rearrangement of the vinyl substituted ketene aminals 2(R = CH2CHMe2, CH2OSiButMe2) which were generated in situ by selenoxide elimination of the aminal precursors 3 in the presence of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) furnished the enantiomerically pure 7-substituted tetrahydroazepin-2-ones 1.