Highly asymmetric cobalt-catalyzed aziridination of alkenes with trichloroethoxysulfonyl azide (TcesN3)

Velusamy Subbarayan; Joshua V. Ruppel; Shifa Zhu; Jason A. Perman; X. Peter Zhang

doi:10.1039/B905727G

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Highly asymmetric cobalt-catalyzed aziridination of alkenes with trichloroethoxysulfonyl azide (TcesN₃)†‡

Velusamy Subbarayan,^a Joshua V. Ruppel,^a Shifa Zhu,^a Jason A. Perman^a and X. Peter Zhang*^a

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Abstract

A Co(II)-based catalytic system has been developed for asymmetric aziridination of alkenes with trichloroethoxysulfonyl azide (TcesN₃) under mild conditions, forming the corresponding N-Tces-aziridines in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B905727G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 23 Mar 2009
Accepted: 26 May 2009
First published: 11 Jun 2009

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Chem. Commun., 2009, 4266-4268

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Highly asymmetric cobalt-catalyzed aziridination of alkenes with trichloroethoxysulfonyl azide (TcesN₃)

V. Subbarayan, J. V. Ruppel, S. Zhu, J. A. Perman and X. P. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4266 DOI: 10.1039/B905727G

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