Issue 16, 2002
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Chemical Communications

Asymmetric reduction of azirines; a new route to chiral aziridines

Peter Roth,a   Pher G. Andersson*a  and  Peter Somfai*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Box 531, Uppsala, Sweden
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b Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
E-mail: somfai@kth.se
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Tel: +46 8 790 6960

Abstract

The first enantioselective reduction of aromatic 2H-azirines yields aziridines in up to 70% ee, using the aminoalcohol-[RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation reaction.

Graphical abstract: Asymmetric reduction of azirines; a new route to chiral aziridines

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B203932J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Apr 2002
Accepted
27 May 2002
First published
11 Jul 2002

Chem. Commun., 2002, 1752-1753

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