Oxaziridines, inclusion

The 1 1 inclusion complexes 68 composed of 2a and nitrones 67 were prepared by keeping a solution of 2a and an equimolar amount of 67 in benzene-hexane (1 1) at room temperature for 12 h 40). Melting points of the complexes 68 are shown in Table 8. Irradiation of 68 in the solid state gave optically active oxaziridines 69. Irradiation time, yields and optical purity of the products are summarized in Table 8 40). Enantioselectivity in the formation of 67d, 67f, and 67g is high, but that of 69b, 69 c, and 69 e is low. This suggests a distinct influence coming from the substituents. 

Keywords nitrone, photocyclization, inclusion complex, oxaziridine... 

Toda, F., and Ochi, M. (1996) Enantioselective Oxidation of Imines in Inclusion Complexes with a Chiral Host Compound and Preparation of Optically Pure Oxaziridines by Enantiomer Resolution, Enantiomer, 1, 85-88. 

Incorporation of d-functions on the inverting N site is especially important. Such functions contribute more to the pyramidal GS than to the TS and thus stabilize the GS with respect to the TS. In the absence of -functions on N, the inversion barrier in NH3 is found to be much too small and H2N—CN and H2N—SiHs are found to be more stable in the planar form inclusion of -functions (and p on H) leads to the correct NH3 barrier 158> and to pyramidal nitrogen sites in HaN—CN and H2N— SiH3 (Table 8 144>). Of course, the relative error introduced by the absence of -functions is smaller the higher the barrier. This may explain in part why the barriers calculated for aziridine and oxaziridine without including -functions are in satisfactory agreement with experimental values. In PH3, the phosphorus inversion barrier changes from 30.9 to 37.2 kcal/mole on inclusion of two sets of -functions 159>. 

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