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Synfacts 2009(9): 1035-1035  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217787
Organo- and Biocatalysis
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Enantioselective Aziridination Using Chiral Phosphoric Acids

Contributor(s): Benjamin List, Anna Lee
X. Zeng, X. Zeng, Z. Xu, M. Lu, G. Zhong*
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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21 August 2009 (online)

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A highly efficient enantioselective aziridination of diazoacetamides with N-Boc-­imines 1 has been established. Using (R)-BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acids, aziridination products 2 were obtained in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities.