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Keywords:

  • Ring expansion;
  • Rearrangement;
  • Fluorine;
  • Aziridinium;
  • Nitrogen heterocycles

Abstract

Optically active prolinols can be converted into optically active 3-fluoropiperidines by treatment with DAST. The reaction often produces 2-fluoromethylpyrrolidines as byproducts. The ring expansion was also applied to 2-hydroxypiperidines to produce 3-fluoroazepanes. The rearrangement proceeds via an aziridinium intermediate. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)