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Copper-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Ring-Opening
1.91 (d, J=6.6 Hz, 1H) ppm; 13C NMR (CDCl3, 125 MHz):
d 140.2, 139.2, 128.4, 128.3, 127.9, 127.0, 126.9, 126.3, 64.8,
41.5, 38.0 ppm; HRMS (EI) m/z [M+] calcd for C15H15N,
209.1204, found 209.1202.
that copper-catalyzed ring-opening of sulfamidates is
promoted by the use of lithium chloride presumably
by cooperative assistance. The ring-opening reaction
worked well with not only alkyl and aryl Grignards,
but also secondary/tertiary alkyl and vinyl Grignard
reagents. The present method confirmed that the re-
action between secondary sulfamidates and secondary
alkyl Grignard reagents also proceeded through an
SN2 mechanism without loss of enantiomeric purity.
This reaction represents high regio- and stereoselec-
tive, and thus allows for efficient synthesis of nonrace-
mic a-branched benzylamine products. Interestingly
enough, the present method provides a practical ap-
Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the KRICT Research Program
(SI-1301) sponsored by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance,
and by the grant from the Industrial Source Technology De-
velopment Program (2014–10042591) of the Ministry of
Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea. The authors
thank the reviewers for their helpful advice and crucial com-
ments on the mechanism.
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proach for the stereocontrolled formation of C C
bonds from the ring-opening of sulfamidates. Further-
more, we revealed that the products have the poten-
tial to be used as building blocks for the preparation
of wide range of nitrogen-containing heterocycles and
natural products.
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Experimental Section
Typical procedure for Cu-catalyzed ring-opening of 1a
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CuI (19.0 mg, 0.1 mmol), LiCl (2.12 mg, 0.05 mmol), and 1a
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brown liquid (210.2 mg, 73%); [a]2D5 =À22.7 (c 0.51, CHCl3);
1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): d 7.47–7.27 (m, 11H), 7.26–
7.21 (m, 4H), 4.00 (dd, J=2.5, 5.2 Hz, 1H), 3.78 (d, J=
13.5 Hz, 1H), 3.58 (d, J=13.5 Hz, 1H), 3.12–2.98 (m, 2H),
1.93 (brs, 1H) ppm; 13C NMR (CDCl3, 125 MHz): d 143.8,
140.6, 138.9, 129.4, 128.5 (d, J=14.4 Hz), 128.4, 128.1, 127.6,
127.3, 126.9, 126.5, 63.8, 67.6, 51.5, 45.4 ppm; HRMS (ESI)
m/z [M+H]+ calcd for C21H21N, 288.1750, found 288.1752.
(R)-1-Benzyl-2-phenylaziridine (2a2). White semi-solid
(14.6 mg, 7%); [a]D25 =À50.3 (c 0.50, EtOH); 1H NMR
(CDCl3, 300 MHz): d 7.44 (dd, J=0.6, 15.7 Hz, 2H), 7.36–
7.28 (m, 8H), 3.75 (d, J=13.8 Hz, 1H), 3.68 (d, J=13.2 Hz,
1H), 2.57 (dd, J=3.4, 6.5 Hz, 1H), 2.07 (dd, J=6.4 Hz, 1H),
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