Sodium-iodoxybenzoate mediated highly chemoselective aziridination of olefins

Herein we utilized, for the first time, sodium 2-iodoxybenzoate as a highly specific oxidant for PhthNH2 to create a highly chemoselective aziridination reagent. This method efficiently effects aziridination of electron-rich, electron-deficient, allylic alcohol and alkenyl bromide CC bonds in good to excellent yields. Inter and intramolecular chemoselectivity was demonstrated between electron-rich and electron-deficient alkenes by using this efficient and metal free protocol.

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