Molecules 2013, 18(8), 9650-9662; doi:10.3390/molecules18089650
Ring Expansion of Vinylaziridines through the Strain-Release Pericyclic Reaction: Recent Developments and Applications
College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju daero, Jinju, Gyeongnam 660-751, Korea
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Received: 23 July 2013 / Revised: 1 August 2013 / Accepted: 7 August 2013 / Published: 12 August 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioorthogonal Chemistry)
Abstract
Recent syntheses of azetidines, pyrrolidines, piperidines and azepines through cycloaddition or sigmatropic rearrangements of vinylaziridines are described. Applications to natural product synthesis and mechanistic investigations are also summarized. View Full-TextKeywords:
vinylaziridines; cycloaddition; rearrangement; ring expansion
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Heo, Y.M.; Paek, S.-M. Ring Expansion of Vinylaziridines through the Strain-Release Pericyclic Reaction: Recent Developments and Applications. Molecules 2013, 18, 9650-9662.
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