Abstract
Look, no metal: A metal-free catalytic procedure for aziridination of alkenes using tetrabutylammonium iodide as the catalyst, m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA) as the terminal oxidant, and N-aminophthalimide as the nitrenium precursor has been developed (see scheme; right: X-ray structure of one of the products). Control experiments suggests that the active oxidant is in situ generated hypoiodous acid (HIO).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 8059-8062 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 32 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 6 2012 |
Keywords
- aziridination
- hypoiodous acid
- iodine
- organocatalysis
- oxidation