Simple azetidine N-oxides: synthesis, structure and reactivity

Abstract

The preparation of two stable azetidine N-oxides is described; one structure was confirmed by X-ray crystallography and the second was found to undergo a quantitative ring expansion to yield a new 6-hydroxy tetrahydro-1,2-oxazine, a potentially useful reagent for further synthetic transformations.

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