文摘
Optically active seven-membered lactones, dimethyleneoxazepanones, were readily prepared in good yields from chiral 尾-(N-propargylic)amino-伪-methylene carboxylic acid tert-butyl esters in the presence of catalytic amounts of Ph3PAuCl and Cu(OTf)2. A smooth 7-exo-dig cyclization was observed.