New synthetic methodology toward azaspiro-γ-lactones via oxidative C-H spirocyclization reaction
Tetsuya Sengoku, Yuichiro Nagai, Toshiyasu Inuzuka and Hidemi Yoda
Synlett, 2019, 30, 199-202. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611941)

The key C–H spirolactonization was accomplished by employing iodobenzene diacetate and potassium bromide to afford a variety of azaspiro-γ-lactones in high yields. 

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