Asymmetric iodolactamization induced by chiral oxazolidine auxiliary

Asymmetric iodolactamization reactions of unsaturated amides with oxazolidines as the chiral auxiliaries were investigated. With (4S)-4-((2R)-2-butyl)-2,2-dimethyloxazolidine as the auxiliary and LiH as the base, a number of unsaturated amides underwent iodolactamization smoothly to afford the corresponding gamma- and delta-lactams in 30-98% yield with de values up to 97%.