title: Unprotected vinyl aziridines: facile synthesis and cascade transformations.
abstract: Functionalized vinylaziridines, readily available from water-stable aziridine aldehydes have led to the construction of a variety of stereochemically rich heterobicycles. A cascade ring-opening/ring-contraction mechanism operates in the course of the process. These results underscore the notion that interesting and useful nitrogen-mediated relay processes can arise when elements of strain are merged with the manifolds of enamine/iminium ion reactivity.
authors.forename: Sivaraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baktharaman
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Afagh
authors.forename: Adelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vandersteen
authors.forename: Andrei K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yudin