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DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33645
Scandium Perchlorate as a Superior
Lewis Acid for Regioselective Ring
Opening of Aziridine
Carboxylate with Indoles
Publikationsverlauf
Publikationsdatum:
05. September 2002 (online)
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Abstract
In the synthesis of optically active tryptophan derivatives, Lewis acid-promoted coupling between indole and optically active serine-derived aziridine carboxylate is attractive because of the flexibility and convergence. Scandium perchlorate has been found to be a superior Lewis acid to the previously reported scandium triflate with respect to the yields as well as the regioselectivity of aziridine ring opening. The scope and limitation of this Lewis acid are also described.
Key words
tryptophan - indole - aziridine - scandium triflate - scandium perchlorate
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