Abstract
N-Heterocyclic carbenes promote the formal [2+2] cycloaddition of ketenes with N-tosyl imines to give the corresponding beta-lactams in good to excellent isolated yields; chiral NHCs give beta-lactams in high e.e. after crystallisation.
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