styrenes. Subsequent ring-opening reactions of styrene-derived aziridines at the benzylic position were observed with various oxygen and nitrogen nucleophiles under Lewis acid catalysis affording the corresponding products with complete inversion of stereochemistry. The strategy was used to synthesize the β-blocker, (R)-nifenalol.
The first stereoselective rhodium-catalyzedintermolecular aziridination and C–H amination of alkenes to produce chiral carbamate-protected aziridines and allylic amines is described. Good yields and diastereoselectivities were achieved using a readily available chiral N-tosyloxycarbamate and stoichiometric amount of the alkene substrate. Furthermore the protecting group is easy to cleave under mild
The carbonyl azide TrocN3 (2,2,2-trichloroethoxycarbonyl azide) is a potent nitrogen radical precursor for radical olefinaziridination via Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis (MRC). The cobalt(II) complex of D2-symmetric chiral amidoporphyrin 3,5-DitBu-QingPhyrin proves to be an efficient catalyst that can activate TrocN3 at room temperature to aziridinate various styrene derivatives, providing