Recent Advances in the Development of Catalytic Methods that Construct Medium-Ring Lactams, Partially Saturated Benzazepines and Their Derivatives

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AbstractRecent catalytic methods to construct medium-sized lactams­ and partially saturated benzazepines and their derivatives are surveyed. The review is divided into the following sections:1 Introduction2 Non-Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions2.1 Beckmann Rearrangement2.2 Non-Beckmann Rearrangement Reactions2.3 Multicomponent reactions3 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions3.1 Gold-Catalyzed Reactions to Access Medium-Sized N-Hetero­cycles3.2 Reactions Involving a Metal η3-Complex Catalytic Intermediate3.3 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions of Strained Cycloalkanes4 Conclusions