Preparation of γ- and δ-lactams by ring closure of β,γ-unsaturated amides using trifluoromethanesulfonic acid

A New Reaction of Nitriles. I. Amides from Alkenes and Mononitriles¹

John J. Ritter, P. Paul Minieri · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1948 · 594 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +4

Nitrogen insertion reactions of bridged bicyclic ketones. Regioselective lactam formation

Grant R. Krow · Tetrahedron · 1981 · 94 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +15

The cyclisation of olefinic acids to ketones and lactones

M. F. Ansell, Michael H. Palmer · Quarterly Reviews Chemical Society · 1964 · 65 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +3

Facile synthesis of γ-, α-, and ε-lactams by cyclodehydration of ω-amino acids on alumina or silica gel

A. Blade‐Font · Tetrahedron Letters · 1980 · 64 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +8

A procedure for “iodolactamization”

Spencer Knapp, Karen E. Rodriques, A. T. LEVORSE et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1985 · 58 citations

Medicine, Ophthalmology, Diagnostic Imaging +2