Achieving regio- and stereo-control in the fluorination of aziridines under acidic conditions

作者:Okoromoba, Otome E.; Li, Zhou; Robertson, Nicole; Mashuta, Mark S.; Couto, Uenifer R.; Tormena, Claudio F.; Xu, Bo*; Hammond, Gerald B.*
来源:Chemical communications, 2016, 52(91): 13353-13356.
DOI:10.1039/c6cc07855a

摘要

We developed an efficient fluorination protocol that converts easily accessible aziridines into beta-fluoroamines, which are important motifs in biologically active molecules. In contrast with traditional fluorination approaches, DMPU-HF has shown both higher reactivity and regioselectivity and good functional group tolerance; thus, a wide scope of beta-fluoroamines can now be accessed conveniently. The stereochemical behavior of the ring opening depends on the substitution pattern of the aziridine substrate.