N-Aminophthalimide is oxidised in methylene dichloride solution at –35°C with lead tetra-acetate in the presence of methyl acrylate to yield methyl 1-phthalimidoaziridine-2-carboxylate in which the initially formed invertomer at nitrogen is that which is thermodynamically less stable, with the ester and phthalimido-groups syn.
R. S. Atkison and R. Martin, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1974, 386 DOI: 10.1039/C39740000386
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