title: Construction of three contiguous tertiary stereocenters from aziridines in one step.
abstract: A range of active methylene nucleophiles were found to participate in ring-opening of tosylated aziridines under mild phase-transfer catalyzed conditions. High isolated yields coupled with a 1:1 reaction stoichiometry and high levels of relative stereocontrol are distinguishing features of this method. The products are obtained without epimerization, underscoring the optimal conditions afforded by the phase-transfer catalysis for connecting active methylene nucleophiles and weakly electrophilic N-tosylated aziridines.
authors.affiliation: Davenport Research Labs, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Evgeniy V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Blyumin
authors.forename: Helen J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Gallon
authors.forename: Andrei K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yudin