Rs. Atkinson et al., PREPARATION OF N-H AZIRIDINES IN HIGH ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS BY IN-SITU AZIRIDINE-AZIRINE-AZIRIDINE INTERCONVERSION, Chemical communications, (6), 1996, pp. 789-790
Aziridine 6 is produced highly diastereoselectively by treatment of en
antiopure 3-acetoxyaminoquinazolinone 4 (QNHOAc) with beta-trimethyls
ilylstyrene: desilylative elimination of Q and in situ addition of cy
anide to the intermediate azirine gives the NH-aziridine 8 of 83% ee.