Abstract
Recent catalytic methods to construct medium-sized lactams and partially saturated benzazepines and their derivatives are surveyed. The review is divided into the following sections:
1 Introduction
2 Non-Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
2.1 Beckmann Rearrangement
2.2 Non-Beckmann Rearrangement Reactions
2.3 Multicomponent reactions
3 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
3.1 Gold-Catalyzed Reactions to Access Medium-Sized N-Heterocycles
3.2 Reactions Involving a Metal η3-Complex Catalytic Intermediate
3.3 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions of Strained Cycloalkanes
4 Conclusions
Key words
Beckmann rearrangement - caprolactam - benzazepine - benzazepinone - medium-ring
N-heterocycle