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Title
Synthesis of 3-methoxyazetidines via an aziridine to azetidine rearrangement and theoretical rationalization of the reaction mechanism
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Abstract
The synthetic utility of N-alkylidene-(2,3-dibromo-2-methylpropyl)amines and N-(2,3-dibromo-2-methylpropylidene)benzylamines was demonstrated by the unexpected synthesis of 3-methoxy-3-methylazetidines upon treatment with sodium borohydride in methanol under reflux through a rare aziridine to azetidine rearrangement. These findings stand in contrast to the known reactivity of the closely related N-alkylidene-(2,3-dibromopropyl)amines, which are easily converted into 2-(bromomethyl)aziridines under the same reaction conditions. A thorough insight into the reaction mechanism was provided by both experimental study and theoretical rationalization.
Language
English
Source (journal)
The journal of organic chemistry. - Washington, D.C., 1936, currens
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2011
ISSN
0022-3263 [print]
1520-6904 [online]
DOI
10.1021/JO102555R
Volume/pages
76 :7 (2011) , p. 2157-2167
ISI
000288692000020
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UAntwerpen
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