A method for the preparation of 3, 5-bridged piperazin-2-ones from a tryptophan–proline- based diketopiperazine is described using diphosgene to induce the ring closure. Density functional theory calculations were conducted to study the mechanism of this C–C bond
[Heugebaert, Thomas; Van Hevele, Joke; Couck, Wouter; Bruggeman, Vicky; Van Jeught, Sarah Der; Masschelein, Kurt; Stevens, Christian V. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , # 6 p. 1017 - 1020]