title: Efficient synthesis of taurine and structurally diverse substituted taurines from aziridines.
abstract: Taurine and substituted taurines were synthesized efficiently from aziridines via ring-opening reaction with thioacetic acid, oxidation with performic acid, and hydrolysis in hydrochloric acid. The current method shows more benefit in purification and efficiency in the preparation of taurine and structurally diverse 2-substituted, 2,2-disubstituted, and 1,2-, 2,2-, and 2,N-alkylene taurines.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Libo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Da-Ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jiaxi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001388:Aziridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013654:Taurine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013654:Taurine; C005732:thioacetic acid