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Continuous-Flow Synthesis and Derivatization of Aziridines through Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp 3 )−H Activation

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Zakrzewski, J 
Smalley, AP 
Kabeshov, MA 
Gaunt, MJ 
Lapkin, AA 

Abstract

A continuous‐flow synthesis of aziridines by palladium‐catalyzed C(sp3)−H activation is described. The new flow reaction could be combined with an aziridine‐ring‐opening reaction to give highly functionalized aliphatic amines through a consecutive process. A predictive mechanistic model was developed and used to design the C−H activation flow process and illustrates an approach towards first‐principles design based on novel catalytic reactions.

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Keywords

C−H activation, aziridines, continuous-flow synthesis, palladium catalysis, ring opening

Journal Title

Angewandte Chemie

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Journal ISSN

1433-7851
1521-3773

Volume Title

55

Publisher

Wiley
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I00548X/1)
We are grateful to the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (J.Z.) and the EPSRC (A.P.S.) for studentships, and to the ERC and EPSRC (EP/100548X/1) for fellowships (M.J.G.). Mass spectroscopy data were acquired at the EPSRC UK National Mass Spectroscopy Facility at Swansea University