2-[(–)-Camphor-10-ylsulphonyl]-3-(nitrophenyl)oxaziridine: a new chiral oxidizing agent
Abstract
[(–)-Camphor-10-ylsulphonyl-3-(nitrophenyl)-oxaziridine (2) is a new type of optically active oxidizing agent which, unlike chiral peroxy acids, has fixed geometry and chiral centres which are essentially one bond removed from the electrophilic oxaziridine oxygen atom.