1976 年 24 巻 8 号 p. 1935-1938
It has now been found that trichloroacetyl chloride is capable to react with Schiff bases in the presence of triphenylphosphine to give 3, 3-dichloro-2-azetidinones. Mechanistically the reaction appears to involve the chlorine cation extraction from the initially formed adduct by triphenylphosphine.