“…[3][4][5][6][7][8] Various methods are known for preparing cyclic b-enamino esters, such as from unsaturated esters possessing a pendent cyano moiety and B-Ar-9-BBNs in the presence of a rhodium(I) catalyst, 9 by iodine-promoted cyclization of enamino esters, 10 from enol lactones, 4-keto amides, and 5-hydroxy lactams, 11 Knovenagel reactions on lactam-derived acetals, 12,13 imino ethers, 14,15 iminium chloride, 16 or (alkylthio) alkylidenium salts followed by decarboxylation. 17,18 Other routes include Eschenmoser's sulfide-contraction procedure via thiolactams 19 and Wittig reaction of N-sulfonyl lactams, 20 application of the intramolecular aza-Wittig reaction, 21 from the formal ring transformation reaction of lactones, 22,23 by reaction of Meldrum's acid with chloroimidates, 24 from thiolactams with subsequent conversion to pyrroles, 25 from u-azido-b-keto esters, 26 from N-alkyl lactams.…”