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Mathew J Vetticatt1, Aman A Desai, William D Wulff.
Abstract
The mechanism of the chiral VANOL-BOROX Brønsted acid catalyzed aziridination reaction of imines and ethyldiazoacetate has been studied using a combination of experimental kinetic isotope effects and theoretical calculations. A stepwise mechanism where reversible formation of a diazonium ion intermediate precedes rate-limiting ring closure to form the cis-aziridine is implicated. A revised model for the origin of enantio- and diastereoselectivity is proposed based on relative energies of the ring-closing transition structures.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23687986 PMCID: PMC3692281 DOI: 10.1021/jo302783d
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Org Chem ISSN: 0022-3263 Impact factor: 4.354