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Enantiospecific and Stereospecific Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Carbonylation and Ring Expansion of Aziridines. Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams and the Kinetic Resolution of Aziridines
Calet, Serge,Urso, Fabio,Alper, Howard
, p. 931 - 934 (2007/10/02)
Rhodium(I) complexes catalyze the regiospecific ring expansion-carbonylation reaction of aziridines to β-lactams.This process is both stereospecific and enantiospecific, occuring with retention of configuration e.g., (S)-1-tert-butyl-2-phenylaziridine is
