Mechanism of alkene aziridination in the [(biaryldiimine)CuI] catalyst system; precise substrate orientation via two-centre bindingElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental and theoretical details. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b101415n/
Abstract
The highly enantioselective (⩽98%) aziridination of cinnamate esters is achieved using the title catalyst system via a concerted non-polar mechanism involving ancillary binding of carbonyl group to copper.