Diketomorpholines
(DKMs; morpholine-2,5-diones) possess a six-membered
ring with a lactone and lactam moiety and belong to the family of
cyclodepsipeptides. In this review, the synthetic accessibility of
DKMs is summarized and their utilization, in particular, for ring-opening
polymerization reactions, is highlighted. The occurrence of the DKM
scaffold in natural products encompasses small monocyclic compounds
but also complex, polycyclic representatives with a fused DKM ring.