Synthesis of cyclobutane-containing tricyclic β-lactams based on a saturated scaffold enabled by iron-catalysed (2 + 2)-cycloaddition

Highly saturated, three-dimensional β-lactams are valuable motifs in medicinal chemistry, yet general routes to cyclobutane-fused analogues remain scarce. Here we disclose a concise strategy that delivers pyrrolidine-, piperidine-, and azepane-based tricyclic β-lactams. A pyrimidinediimine-iron cata...

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Hauptverfasser: Freitag, Lea (VerfasserIn) , Zeh, Johannes (VerfasserIn) , Ziegenhagen, Levi A. (VerfasserIn) , Becker, Felix J. (VerfasserIn) , Roşca, Dragoş-Adrian (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: November 17, 2025
In: Chemistry - a European journal
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 31, Heft: 64, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:1521-3765
DOI:10.1002/chem.202502476
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502476
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Verfasserangaben:Lea Freitag, Johannes Zeh, Levi A. Ziegenhagen, Felix J. Becker, and Dragoș-Adrian Roșca

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