New development of Meyers' methodology: stereoselective preparation of an axially chiral 5, 7-fused bicyclic lactam related to circumdatins/benzomalvins and …
The stereoselective preparation of a new Meyers' bicyclic lactam-bridged biaryl 1, highly structurally related to circumdatins, benzomalvins and asperlicins, is reported. Using the popular Meyers' diastereoselective lactamization, under dehydrating conditions (CH2Cl2/reflux/MgSO4), trans-(aS, R, S)-1 was obtained in a rather modest yield of 25% and an excellent diastereoselectivity> 95%. An alternative procedure making use of the ...