Issue 10, 1999

Reactions of methyl 2-aryl-2H-azirine-3-carboxylates with nucleophiles

Abstract

Reactions of the methyl 2-aryl-2H-azirine-3-carboxylates 1a and 1b with nucleophiles are described. Thiols add to the C[double bond, length half m-dash]N bond to give aziridines 4–6. Propargyl alcohol similarly gives the aziridine 7. Primary and secondary aliphatic amines react with the azirines to give methyl 3-aminoacrylates 8–12. 4-Cyclohexen-1-ylmorpholine and 1-cyclopenten-1-ylpyrrolidine react with the azirine 1a to give products formulated as the aziridine 13 and the vinylidenecyclopentanone 14, respectively, in contrast to previously reported reactions of enamines with azirines from which pyrroles were isolated. Acetylacetone gives a pyrrole-3-carboxylate 15 in low yield with the azirine 1a. All these products have been rationalised by invoking initial addition of the nucleophile to the C[double bond, length half m-dash]N bond of the azirine. The tetrahydrofuran-2-yl radical also adds to the C[double bond, length half m-dash]N bond of the azirine 1a, giving the aziridine 16 as a single diastereoisomer. X-Ray crystal structures of methyl (E )-3-amino-3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-morpholin-4-ylpropenoate 8 and of methyl 3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-(tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)aziridine-2-carboxylate 16 are reported.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1999, 1305-1310

Reactions of methyl 2-aryl-2H-azirine-3-carboxylates with nucleophiles

M. José Alves, T. L. Gilchrist and J. H. Sousa, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1999, 1305 DOI: 10.1039/A901145E

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