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Aditya K. Sahay, Callum S. Begg, Xiurong Zhang<\/strong>, James. A. Bull and Alan C. Spivey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azetidines have gained traction in drug discovery for their ability to introduce conformational constraint and modulate physiochemical properties. Strategies that enable their selective functionalization or controlled expansion into more complex scaffolds provide opportunities for molecular diversification to rapidly access new chemical space. Subjecting 2,2-disubstituted azetidines to amide coupling with carboxylic acids is found to effect either\u00a0N<\/em>-acylation or ring expansion to spiro and 6,6-disubstituted 5,6-dihydro-4H<\/em>-1,3-oxazine, dependent on reaction conditions. A diverse range of topologically interesting heterocycles, which hold significant potential for pharmaceutical screening, have been prepared using this divergent reaction manifold. A mechanistic framework, supported by additive screening and trapping experiments, is presented to account for the ring expansion and racemization that accompanies these transformations when the substrate allows formation of a ring-opened azafulvenium intermediate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ref: Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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