Copper-Catalyzed Ring Expansion of Vinyl Aziridines under Mild Conditions
作者:Renata Marcia de Figueiredo、Jean-Marc Campagne、Eleonora Tosi、Kim Spielmann
DOI:10.1055/s-0040-1706007
日期:——
Vinyl aziridines are versatile starting materials toward ring-expansion transformations. Such processes are widely used to give various medium or larger N-heterocycles of synthetic interest. This letter describes a copper-catalyzed ring expansion of vinyl aziridines to 3-pyrrolines by using a Cu(I) salt [(CuOTf)2·toluene or Cu(MeCN)4·PF6]. In particular, this transformation occurs under mild conditions