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On the activation of valerolactam with triflic anhydride: the synthesis of ω-trifluorosulfonamido dipeptides using a transpeptidation reaction under mild conditions
Nikolai Kuhnert, Ian Clemens and Rodney Walsh Org. Biomol. Chem., 2005,3, 1694-1701
DOI:
10.1039/B417779G,
Paper
The activation of valerolactam with triflic anhydride is studied in detail, initially producing an O-triflated lactam, which rearranges, following the addition of base at higher temperatures, to an N-triflated derivative. This reacts with a series of nucleophiles to produce esters and amides, which are formally dipeptides of ω-amino acids.