Issue 62, 2016

Simple magnesium catalyst mediated γ-butyrolactams in desymmetrization of meso-aziridines

Abstract

The first α-sp2-carbon of carbonyl compounds attacked catalytic desymmetrization reaction of aziridines is disclosed. A simple in situ generated magnesium catalyst from 3,3′-bromine-8H-BINOL and dibutylmagnesium was employed. It is interesting that the bromine atom on the chiral ligand plays a key role in introducing a high level of enantioselectivities and high reaction efficiency. Both enantiomers of the ring-opening product could be smoothly obtained by using (R)- and (S)-L7.

Graphical abstract: Simple magnesium catalyst mediated γ-butyrolactams in desymmetrization of meso-aziridines

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Apr 2016
Accepted
14 Jun 2016
First published
14 Jun 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 9640-9643

Simple magnesium catalyst mediated γ-butyrolactams in desymmetrization of meso-aziridines

D. Li, Y. Wang, L. Wang, J. Wang, P. Wang, K. Wang, L. Lin, D. Liu, X. Jiang and D. Yang, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 9640 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02877B

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