Trimethylsilyl chloride, aziridine

In another study, the reaction of trimethylsilyl azide, chloride, or iodide with /V-iosylaziridines in DMF opened the aziridine ring by attack at the least substituted carbon giving the trans product in high yield.47 However, when a phenyl group was on the aziridine ring, both possible products were obtained and attack at the benzyl carbon predominated. 

The chiral nitridomanganese complex 545 represents a novel self-contained asymmetric nitrogen-transfer reagent which has been used to convert alkenes to scalemic aziridines directly, although a stoichiometric amount of transfer reagent is required. This protocol makes use of A -2-(trimethylsilyl)ethanesulfonyl chloride (SESCl) (546) as an activator, providing A -SES-aziridines 547 that are easily deprotected under mild conditions using... 

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