Development of new catalytic enantioselective formation of methylenelactam-based N,O-spirocyclic compounds via ring opening-asymmetric reclosure of hydroxylactams
Tetsuya Sengoku, Ayako Miyoshi, Tamaki Tsuda, Toshiyasu Inuzuka, Masami Sakamoto, Masaki Takahashi and Hidemi Yoda
Tetrahedron,  2020, 76, 131252. (DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131252) 

Hydroxylactams prepared from N-carbonyl phthalimides and β-amido functionalized allylboronates underwent ring opening-asymmetric reclosure in the presence of catalytic amounts of MgBr2 and a chiral aminophenol to afford the corresponding N,O-spirocyclic compounds in excellent yields and high enantioselectivities.