Abstract
The syntheses of racemic and homochiral [4.4]-spirolactams, starting from l-proline, in good yields are described. Reduction of the lactam carbonyl group of spirolactams, containing chiral substituents on the lactam nitrogen, with lithium aluminium hydride, gives a series of homochiral [4.4]-spirodiamines. The crystal structure of one of these spirodiamines on complexation with zinc chloride was obtained. Interestingly it showed a hydrogen-bonded dimeric structure, where the monomers are diastereoisomeric diamines.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9235-9242 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 37 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Sep 2007 |
Keywords
- Dimer
- Spirodiamines
- Spirolactam
- Synthesis
- X-ray crystal structure