Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Direct stereospecific synthesis of unprotected N-H and N-Me aziridines from olefins.


ABSTRACT: Despite the prevalence of the N-H aziridine motif in bioactive natural products and the clear advantages of this unprotected parent structure over N-protected derivatives as a synthetic building block, no practical methods have emerged for direct synthesis of this compound class from unfunctionalized olefins. Here, we present a mild, versatile method for the direct stereospecific conversion of structurally diverse mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrasubstituted olefins to N-H aziridines using O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)hydroxylamine (DPH) via homogeneous rhodium catalysis with no external oxidants. This method is operationally simple (i.e., one-pot), scalable, and fast at ambient temperature, furnishing N-H aziridines in good-to-excellent yields. Likewise, N-alkyl aziridines are prepared from N-alkylated DPH derivatives. Quantum-mechanical calculations suggest a plausible Rh-nitrene pathway.

SUBMITTER: Jat JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4175444 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Direct stereospecific synthesis of unprotected N-H and N-Me aziridines from olefins.

Jat Jawahar L JL   Paudyal Mahesh P MP   Gao Hongyin H   Xu Qing-Long QL   Yousufuddin Muhammed M   Devarajan Deepa D   Ess Daniel H DH   Kürti László L   Falck John R JR  

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20140101 6166


Despite the prevalence of the N-H aziridine motif in bioactive natural products and the clear advantages of this unprotected parent structure over N-protected derivatives as a synthetic building block, no practical methods have emerged for direct synthesis of this compound class from unfunctionalized olefins. Here, we present a mild, versatile method for the direct stereospecific conversion of structurally diverse mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrasubstituted olefins to N-H aziridines using O-(2,4-dini  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC5727000 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3072884 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6727668 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10070633 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC4469948 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10330687 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10799289 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2668978 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3227555 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5942596 | biostudies-literature