Synfacts 2010(3): 0309-0309  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219403
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Synthesis and Application of Vinyl Aziridines

Contributor(s): Mark Lautens, David A. Candito
S. Baktharaman, N. Afagh, A. Vandersteen, A. K. Yudin*
University of Toronto, Canada
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Publication Date:
18 February 2010 (online)

Significance

The authors have developed a straightforward synthesis of vinyl aziridines from aziridine aldehyde precursors and have demonstrated the synthetic potential of this class of compounds in the synthesis of interesting heterobicyclic frameworks via an elegant cascade approach, building up complexity in a single operation.