Monochiral N-Diphenyphosphinyl aziridines ('N-Dpp aziridines') may eff
iciently be prepared from monochiral 2-aminoalcohols. Such aziridines
undergo ring-opening reaction with a variety of nucleophiles in good y
ield. Dephosphinylation is accomplished under mild conditions. (C) 199
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