An Easy Route to Aziridine Ketones and Carbinols.

ABSTRACT: N,N-Dimethylaziridine-2-carboxamides react with organolithium reagents yielding 2-aziridinylketones. The reaction with one equivalent of organolithium compound is selective to amide carbonyl at a low (-78 °C) temperature. These ketones, in reaction with organolithium reagents, give symmetrical and unsymmetrical aziridinyl carbinols. The usage of excess phenyllithium may serve as a special N-Boc-protecting group cleavage method for acid-sensitive substrates.

SUBMITTER: Strumfs B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8658269 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature