Singh B, Kashyap S, Singh S, Gupta S, Ghorai MK. Catalytic Aminium Radical-Cation Salt (Magic Blue)-Initiated S
N2-Type Nucleophilic Ring-Opening Transformations of Aziridines.
J Org Chem 2024;
89:2247-2263. [PMID:
38323416 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.3c02194]
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Abstract
A simple and atom economic protocol for the construction of C-X/C-C bonds via catalytic aminium radical-cation salt (Magic Blue)-initiated SN2-type nucleophilic ring-opening transformations of racemic and nonracemic aziridines with different hetero and carbon nucleophiles to afford various amino ethers, thioethers, and amines in up to 99% yield, and with perfect enantiospecificity for some substrates but reduced ee with others (for nonracemic aziridines), is developed. This aminium radical-cation salt-initiated, SN2-type nucleophilic ring-opening strategy, along with various cyclization protocols, is employed to synthesize various biologically significant compounds.
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