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SUBMITTER: Adhikari D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5811137 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20141121 2
The (salen)Cr-catalyzed [aziridine + CO<sub>2</sub>] coupling to form oxazolidinone was found to exhibit excellent selectivity for the 5-substituted oxazolidinone product in the absence of any cocatalyst. Quantum mechanical calculations suggest that the preferential opening of the substituted C-N bond of the aziridine over the unsubstituted C-N bond is a key factor for this selectivity, a result that is supported by experiment with several phenyl-substituted aziridines. In the presence of extern ...[more]