2005
Ring opening reactions
O 0132
Mild Metal-Free syn-Stereoselective Ring Opening of Activated Epoxides and
with Aryl Borates. — A new and efficient method for the syn-nucleophilic
32- 053 Aziridines
displacement of aryl and vinyl epoxides and aryl aziridines with phenols, using aryl
boronates as activating nucleophiles under neutral conditions, is reported. —
(PINESCHI*, M.; BERTOLINI, F.; HAAK, R. M.; CROTTI, P.; MACCHIA, F.;
Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) 2005, 11, 1426-1428; Dip. Chim. Bioorg. Biofarm.,
Univ. Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy; Eng.) — M. Paetzel