Tetrahedron letters

A general method for deprotection of N-toluenesulfonyl aziridines using sodium naphthalenide

SC Bergmeier, PP Seth

Index: Bergmeier, Stephen C.; Seth, Punit P. Tetrahedron Letters, 1999 , vol. 40, # 34 p. 6181 - 6184

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Citation Number: 53

Abstract

Deprotection of a variety of N-tosylaziridines with sodium naphthalenide provided the corresponding NH-aziridines in excellent yield. No single electron transfer (SET) induced aziridine ring opening was seen under the conditions employed for the deprotection reaction.