Abstract
The lithiation reaction of monophenyl- and diphenylaziridines has been investigated in detail in an effort to understand why the former undergo exclusively or mainly ortho-lithiation while the latter are lithiated exclusively at the alpha-position. Evidence is reported that ruled out the possibility that the alpha-lithiation, observed for the diphenylaziridines, is the result of an ortho- to alpha-translocation phenomenon, thus substantiating a direct alpha-deprotonation process. The role of the aziridine nitrogen lone-pair has been considered: dynamics at the aziridine nitrogen as well as complex-induced proximity effects seem to be responsible for the observed regioselectivity in both monophenyl and diphenylaziridines. It turns out that, by tuning the reaction conditions for the lithiation of trans-1-alkyl-2-methyl-3-phenylaziridines, it is possible to generate with high regioselectivity alpha- and/or ortho-lithiated aziridines, which can be stereoselectively functionalized by electrophilic trapping. A regioselective ortho-functionalization of diphenylaziridines is made possible by halogen- or tin-lithium exchange and by deprotonation of bis-deuterated aziridines.
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