Payne-Like Rearrangement of N-Tosyl-Oxiranemethylamines: A New Route to Functionalized Aziridines.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)93976-5

The reaction of N-tosyl-oxiranemethylamines with aqueous sodium hydroxide affords N-tosyl-aziridinemethanols in excellent yields, through the intramolecular epoxide ring opening by the nitrogen atom of the tosylamino group. Key Words: Oxiranemethylamines;