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Preparation of Contiguous Bisaziridines for Regioselective Ring-Opening Reactions
Published on: July 28, 2022
Magnesium Catalysis Mediated Tetrazoles in Desymmetrization Reaction of Aziridines
Dan Li1, Kezhou Wang1, Linqing Wang1
1Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou 730000, China.
Abstract:
A magnesium-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening reaction of aziridines with substituted tetrazoles is reported. The current protocol proceeds smoothly and gives the corresponding desymmetrization products in high yields and good enantioselectivities. A new chiral ligand was synthesized from azetidine and (R)-BINOL and was employed in the current in situ generated magnesium catalyst. The Mg(II)-mediated desymmetrization reaction could be performed on gram scale under mild conditions and was transformed to chiral alkyl amines by a deprotection process.
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