The preparation of a wide variety of oxaziranes by oxidation of the appropriate imine with peracetic acid is discussed. These compounds represent a previously unknown heterocycle, a carbon-nitrogen-oxygen three-membered ring. The evidence for assignment of this structure is reviewed, and a general survey is made of some of the reactions characteristic of oxaziranes. Depending upon the particular structure involved, acid hydrolysis of ...
[Hassan, Azfar; Wazeer, Mohamed I. M.; Perzanowski, Herman P.; Ali, Sk. Asrof Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 1997 , # 3 p. 411 - 418]
