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| LETTER | Synlett 2006: 2489-2491
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950417 |
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
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Unexpected Highly Efficient Ring-Opening of Aziridines or Epoxides with Iodine Promoted by Thiophenol
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| Jie Wu*a,b, Xiaoyu Suna, Wei Suna, Shengqing Yea |
a Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. of China
Fax: +86(21)65102412; e-Mail: jie_wu@fudan.edu.cn;
b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, P. R. of China
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Received
11 May 2006 |
Abstract
Ring-opening of aziridines or epoxides with iodine promoted by thiophenol afforded β-iodo amines or β-iodo alcohols in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions with extremely high efficiency. Key words
aziridine - epoxide - iodine - thiophenol - ring-opening
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