Unexplored Nucleophilic Ring Opening of Aziridines

The reactivity of dianions of carboxylic acids towards aziridines has been studied. Although, a similar reactivity to that of enolates from ketones, esters or amides has been observed, the method directly yields g-aminoacids in one step. The method is complementary of previous results of enenediolat...

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Main Authors: Ana María Costero, Salvador Gil, Margarita Parra, Pablo Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-12-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/12/9135/