title: Lewis acid-catalyzed stereospecific ring expansion of aziridine-2-carboxylates to imidazolidin-2-ones.
abstract: Lewis acid-catalyzed ring expansion reaction of chiral aziridine-2-carboxylate proceeds regio- and stereospecifically to yield enantiomerically pure 4-functionalized imidazolidin-2-ones in high yields.
authors.affiliation: Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, 121-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Sung
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong-Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Heung Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Jae Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Won Koo
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun-Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ha
mesh_terms: D001388:Aziridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D048289:Imidazolidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D048289:Imidazolidines