Hmi. Osborn et al., A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO SULFONYL ACTIVATION OF AZIRIDINES - RING-OPENING OF N-DIPHENYLPHOSPHINOYL AZIRIDINES BY CARBON NUCLEOPHILES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(17), 1994, pp. 2739-2742
The ring-opening reaction of N-diphenylphosphinoylaziridines by Copper
(1)-modified Grignard reagents proceeds in good to excellent yield an
d with complete regiospecificity.