title: Addition reactions of iodomethyllithium to imines. A direct and efficient synthesis of aziridines and enantiopure amino aziridines.
abstract: An efficient and general synthesis of aziridines by the reaction of imines derived from p-toluenesulfonamides with in situ generated iodomethyllithium, with a simple and rapid experimental protocol, is reported for the first time. The reaction with the chiral aldimine derived from phenylalaninal allowed access to (2R,1'S)-2-(1'-aminoalkyl)aziridine with very high diastereoselectivity, in enantiopure form. A mechanism to explain this novel reaction is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería 8, 33071 Oviedo, Spain. jmcg@uniovi.es
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Concellón
authors.forename: Humberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Solla
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simal