On the reaction of chiral sulfinimines with sulfur ylides: A novel route to the asymmetric aziridination

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)02234-3

The reaction of optically pure N-sulfinyl phenylimine with dimethyloxosurfonium methylide (A) and dimethylsulfonium methylide (B) yields a mixture of N-sulfinylaziridines, epimers at C-2, which are easily separated. The stereochemical outcome of this azir