1 Research group SynBioC, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
A short and elegant synthetic pathway was developed for the synthesis of 1,3-dioxo-hexahydropyrido[1,2-c][1,3]diazepine carboxylates, a new 1,3-diazepan-2,4-dione containing bicyclic moiety, starting from pyroglutamate esters.