Kinetic Resolution of Aziridines via Catalytic Asymmetric Ring-Opening Reaction with Mercaptobenzothiazoles. 2019

Fengcai Zhang, and Yu Zhang, and Qingfa Tan, and Lili Lin, and Xiaohua Liu, and Xiaoming Feng
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610064 , China.

A highly efficient kinetic resolution of racemic 2-acyl-3-aryl-N-tosylaziridines is achieved through a chiral Lewis acid promoted ring-opening reaction with 2-mercaptobenzothiazoles as the nucleophiles. The chiral N,N'-dioxide-lanthanum complex as catalyst and the 2-mercaptobenzothiazoles as active sulfur nucleophiles are the keys to the success of the reaction. A variety of enantioenriched β-amino thioethers and aziridines are obtained in good yields with good ee values.

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