N-Heterocyclic Carbene: An Efficient Catalyst for the Ring-Opening Reaction of Aziridine with Acid Anhydride

✍ Scribed by Xiaoyu Sun; Shengqing Ye; Jie Wu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 92 KB
• Volume: 2006
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-193X
• DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200600663

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A N‐heterocyclic carbene serves as an efficient catalyst for the regioselective ring‐opening reactions of aziridines in the presence of acid anhydrides to afford the desired products in good to excellent yields. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2006)