Unexpected transfer of tosyl group of ArCH=NTs-catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbene.
Reactions of N-tosylimines with aziridines and electron-deficient unsaturated compounds in the presence of catalytic amount of NHC afforded unexpected tosyl group transfer products in good to high yields, which represent a new reaction pattern for imines as well as for catalysis of NHC.
Chen
Dong-Dong
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State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
Hou
Xue-Long
XL
Dai
Li-Xin
LX