Issue 47, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Umbrella motion in aziridines: use of simple chemical inputs to reversibly control the rate of pyramidal inversion†

Mark W. Davies,a   Adam J. Clarke,a   Guy J. Clarkson,a   Michael Shipman*a  and  James H. R. Tucker*b  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
E-mail: m.shipman@warwick.ac.uk
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b School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
E-mail: j.tucker@bham.ac.uk

Abstract

The molecular motion associated with atomic inversion at an aziridine nitrogen can be essentially halted by metal complexation; addition of a second chemical input that decomplexes the metal from the aziridine restores fast inversion (k = 40 s–1 at 303 K).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B712447C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 Aug 2007
Accepted
14 Sep 2007
First published
03 Oct 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 5078-5080

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Umbrella motion in aziridines: use of simple chemical inputs to reversibly control the rate of pyramidal inversion

M. W. Davies, A. J. Clarke, G. J. Clarkson, M. Shipman and J. H. R. Tucker, Chem. Commun., 2007, 5078 DOI: 10.1039/B712447C

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