@article{ShainyanMoskalikStarkeetal.2010, author = {Shainyan, Bagrat A. and Moskalik, Mikail Yu and Starke, Ines and Schilde, Uwe}, title = {Formation of unexpected products in the attempted aziridination of styrene with trifluoromethanesulfonyl nitrene}, issn = {0040-4020}, doi = {10.1016/j.tet.2010.08.070}, year = {2010}, abstract = {The reaction of styrene with trifluoromethanesulfonyl nitrene generated from trifluoromethanesulfonamide in the system (t-BuOCl+NaI) results in the formation of trifluoro-N-[2-phenyl-2-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) aminoethyl]methanesulfonamide, 1-pheny1-2-iodo-ethanol, and 2,5-diphenyl-1,4-bis(trifluoromethyl sulfonyl)piperazine rather than the expected product of aziridination, 2-phenyl-1-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) aziridine. The mechanism of the reaction is discussed.}, language = {en} }