Abstract

Imines and alkenes can be converted into the corresponding aziridines and cyclopropanes (see scheme, PTC=phase-transfer catalyst, Ts=toluene-4-sulfonyl) in good yield with moderate to high d.r. and high ee values using tosylhydrazone salts with catalytic quantities of chiral sulfide (5-20 mol %) and metal catalyst (1 mol %). The process is particularly suited to the synthesis of conformationally locked cyclopropyl amino acids, which can now be prepared in only three steps from commercially available material in 100 % ee.

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