Carbamoyl Anion Addition to Azirines

Org Lett. 2021 Jun 4;23(11):4396-4399. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c01334. Epub 2021 May 14.

Abstract

The addition of carbamoyl anions to azirines affords synthetically useful 2-aziridinyl amide building blocks. The reaction scope was explored with respect to both formamide and azirine, and the addition was found to be highly diastereoselective. A one-pot conversion of a ketoxime to an aziridinyl amide was demonstrated. The method was employed to incorporate an aziridine residue into a dipeptide segment.