aryl halides, and CO has been developed. This transformation proceeds via two tandem
catalytic carbonylation reactions mediated by Pd (P t Bu3) 2 and provides a route to prepare
these products from five separate reagents. A diverse range of polysubstituted β-lactams can
be generated by systematic variation of the substrates. This methodology can also be
extended to the use of iodo-substituted imines to produce novel spirocyclic β-lactams in …