University of Utah, Department of Chemistry, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Abstract:
Thermal coupling of vinyl aziridines and phenyl isocyanate was evaluated. Although oxazolidinone products were predominant, some reactions afforded a seven-membered ring heterocycle. When Ni/IMes was employed as a catalyst, a wider array of vinyl aziridines underwent coupling reactions. The Ni catalyzed reactions generally afforded vinyl imidazolidinones as major products.