Selective five- and six-membered cyclic amine syntheses via capture of episulfonium ions.
Amide nitrogens open episulfonium ions to form pyrrolidines or piperidines selectively, depending on the nitrogen substituent, in either reversible or irreversible reactions.
Fox
David J
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University Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge, UK.
Morley
Thomas J
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Taylor
Sarah
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Warren
Stuart
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