FUSED AZIRIDINES AS SOURCES OF AZOMETHINE YLIDES

Abstract

The use of fused aziridines as sources of azomethine ylides in the synthesis of polyheterocyclic compounds is examined. Features of thermo- and photolytic opening of aziridines and aspects of the stereo-, regio-, and chemoselectivity of cycloaddition and electrocyclization of azomethine ylides are discussed.

Authors: A. F. Khlebnikov and M. S. Novikov.

English translation in Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 2012, 48 (1), pp 179-190

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10593-012-0981-7