Rg. Kostyanovsky et al., A SUPERSTABLE NITROGEN PYRAMID - STEREODIRECTED N-HALOGENATION OF METHYL 2-AZIRIDINECARBOXYLATE, Mendeleev communications, (6), 1995, pp. 216-217
Partial cis-N-halogenation of methyl 2-aziridinecarboxylate (Azy-OMe)
takes place only under conditions of intramolecular hydrogen bond brea
king under the action of F-2 in the presence of Et(3)N, and also under
the action of KOCl in the presence of H2O; for the N-fluoro derivativ
e, a record high nitrogen inversion barrier was found (Delta G(double
dagger) 35 kcal mol(-1)).