Royal Society of Chemistry, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023
DOI: 10.1039/d3ob00284e
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Ru-sensitized [2+2]-photocycloaddition of oxazolones 1 in presence of BF3 gives selectively the δ-1,2-diaminotruxinic acids 2. Heating of 2 with NaOMe promotes an unprecedented cyclobutane ring expansion, giving the highly substituted pyrrolidines 3.