Lactam

A lactam is a cyclic amide. The term is a portmanteau of the words lactone + amide.

From left to right, general structures of a β-lactam, a γ-lactam, a δ-lactam, and an ε-lactam. The specific structures are β-propiolactam, γ-butyrolactam, δ-valerolactam, and ε-caprolactam.

Nomenclature

Greek prefixes in alphabetical order indicate ring size:

  • α-Lactam (3-atom rings)
  • β-Lactam (4-atom rings)
  • γ-Lactam (5-atom rings)
  • δ-Lactam (6-atom rings)
  • ε-Lactam (7-atom rings)

This ring-size nomenclature stems from the fact that a hydrolyzed α-Lactam leads to an α-amino acid and a β-Lactam to a β-amino acid, etc.

Synthesis

General synthetic methods exist for the organic synthesis of lactams.

  • Lactams form by copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of alkynes and nitrones in the Kinugasa reaction
  • Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and chlorosulfonyl isocyanate (CSI) can be utilized to obtain both β- as well as γ-lactam. At lower temp (−78 °C), β-lactam is the preferred product. At optimum temperatures, a highly useful γ-lactam known as Vince Lactam[2] is obtained.[3]

Tautomerization to lactims

A lactim is a cyclic carboximidic acid compound characterized by an endocyclic carbon-nitrogen double bond. They are formed when lactams undergo tautomerization.

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See also

References

  1. Spencer Knapp, Frank S. Gibson Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 9, p.516 (1998); Vol. 70, p.101 (1992) Online article
  2. Singh, R.; Vince, R. Chem. Rev. 2012, 112 (8), pp 4642–4686."2-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one: Chemical Profile of a Versatile Synthetic Building Block and its Impact on the Development of Therapeutics"
  3. Pham, P.-T.; Vince, R. Phosphorus, Sulphur and Silicon 2007, 779-791.
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