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Iron(III) porphyrin catalyzed aziridination of alkenes with bromamine-T as nitrene source
Renu Vyas1, Guang-Yao Gao, Jeremiah D Harden
1Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1600, USA.
Abstract:
[reaction: see text] Iron(III) porphyrin complexes Fe(Por)Cl are effective catalysts for aziridination of alkenes using bromamine-T as the nitrene source. The catalytic system can operate under mild conditions with alkenes as limiting reagents. The aziridination reaction is general and suitable for a wide variety of alkenes, including aromatic, aliphatic, cyclic, and acyclic olefins, as well as alpha,beta-unsaturated esters. For 1,2-disubstituted olefins, the reactions proceeded with moderate to low stereospecificity.
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