Studies on Aziridine-2-carboxylic Acid. I. Synthesis of the Optically Active <scp>l</scp>-Aziridine-2-carboxylic Acid and Its Derivatives

Abstract

Abstract Lithium l-aziridine-2-carboxylate was synthesized from N-trityl-l-aziridine-carboxylic acid benzyl ester by the treatment with trifluoroacetic acid followed by the saponification with lithium hydroxide. Several N-acylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid esters were synthesized in good yield.