New Approaches to Polysubstituted Pyrroles and γ-Lactams Basedon Nucleophilic Addition of Ti(IV) Enolates Derived fromα-Diazo-β-keto Carbonyl Compounds to N-Tosylimines
The Ti(IV) enolates derived from α-diazo-β-keto esters or ketones efficiently add to TiCl4-activatedN-tosylimines to give δ-N-tosylamino substituted α-diazo-β-keto carbonyl compounds. The diazodecomposition of the addition products occurs under Rh2(OAc)4-catalyzed or photoinduced conditions toafford pyrrole or γ-lactam derivatives, both in high yields.