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In the presence of suitable rhodium(II) catalysts, lactam derived β-ketosulfoxonium ylides can be transformed to β-oxonitrogen heterocycles, e.g. substituted 4-oxopyrrolidine, viaintermediates of carbenoid nature.
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Baldwin et al. (1993) studied this question.
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