(Thiolan-2-yl)diphenylmethyl benzyl ether/N,N′-diarylurea cocatalyzed asymmetric aziridination of cinnamyl bromide and aryl aldimine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2014.12.063

A dual catalyst system using THT-based chiral sulfide 2a and H-bond donor 10a was developed for the asymmetric imino Corey-Chaykovsky reaction. Under the optimum reaction conditions, cinnamyl bromide reacted with a wide scope of N-diphenylphosphinic aldim