A Convenient Synthesis of Chiral Nonracemic Vinyl Aziridines

Daniel Morton, David Pearson, Robert A. Field, Robert A. Stockman

Organic Letters · 2004 · 87 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

[reaction: see text] The preparation of a range of alkyl and aryl chiral vinyl aziridines was achieved in high yield and stereoselectivity, and with excellent diastereoselectivity, by reaction of tert-butylsulfinylimines with the ylide derived from S-allyl tetrahydrothiophenium bromide.

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