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Unexpected 1, 3-oxazolidine formation in the attempted oxidation of N-aryl-N-methyl substituted β-amino alcohols using pyridinium dichromate

JT Yli-Kauhaluoma, CW Harwig, P Wentworth…

Index: Yli-Kauhaluoma, Jari T.; Harwig, Curtis W.; Wentworth Jr., Paul; Janda, Kim D. Tetrahedron Letters, 1998 , vol. 39, # 16 p. 2269 - 2272

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Abstract

1, 3-Oxazolidines were obtained from the reaction of N-methyl substituted β-amino alcohols with pyridinium dichromate in dichloromethane. A single electron transfer mechanism, SET, is proposed to account for the formation of the 1, 3-oxazolidines.