title: A scalable rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular aziridination reaction.
abstract: The amine has landed! By employing the rhodium catalyst [Rh2 (esp)2 ] in the presence of a readily available amine source (DPH), unactivated and styrene-type olefins can now be stereospecifally transformed, in high yields at room temperature, into valuable NH aziridine products. esp=α,α,α',α'-tetramethyl-1,3-benzenedipropionic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306. E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721 (USA) http://www.cbc.arizona.edu/njardarson/group/
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Jon T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Njardarson
keywords: aziridination; aziridines; heterocycles; nitrene; rhodium