Regiochemical control of the ring opening of aziridines by means of chelating processes. Synthesis and ring-opening reactions of cis- and trans-aziridines derived from 4-(benzyloxy)cyclohexene

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00113a035

The regiochemical outcome of the ring opening of aziridines bearing a polar remote functionality was verified in a conformationally semirigid bicyclic system in which the polar functionality (OBn) is in an homoallylic relationship to the aziridine ring. T