Title:Epoxides and Aziridines from α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes
Volume: 14
Issue: 3
Author(s): Nadezhda V. Vchislo*
Affiliation:
- A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Favorsky Street, 664033 Irkutsk,Russian Federation
Keywords:
α, β-Uunsaturated aldehydes, epoxides, aziridines, asymmetric organocatalysis, aziridines, biologically active compound.
Abstract: Epoxides and aziridines are very useful small heterocycles. The synthesis of these threemembered
heterocycles including those derived from α,β-unsaturated aldehydes is a dynamic area of
research. Among numerous approaches to construction of three-membered cycles with O- or Nheteroatoms
are metallo- and organocatalysis. This review summarizes and highlights the methods for
the synthesis of epoxides and aziridines via transformations of α,β-enals, which have been developed
over the last 10 years.
