Activation of manganese nitrido complexes by Brønsted and Lewis acids. Crystal structure and asymmetric alkene aziridination of a chiral salen manganese nitrido …

CM Ho, TC Lau, HL Kwong, WT Wong

Index: Ho, Chi-Ming; Lau, Tai-Chu; Kwong, Hoi-Lun; Wong, Wing-Tak Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 1999 , # 15 p. 2411 - 2413

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Abstract

Styrene is readily converted to 2-phenylaziridine by salen manganese (V) nitrido complexes in the presence of Brønsted or Lewis acids such as F3CCO2H or BF3, the crystal structure of a chiral manganese nitrido complex that can perform asymmetric alkene aziridination has been determined.