A method for the direct aziridination of olefins as well as a wide range of allylic alcohols employs phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide (PTAB) as a general and effective catalyst and N-sodio-N-chloro sulfonamides, chloramine salts, as the nitrogen source.

The present invention provides a novel process for producing an N-substituted aziridine compound by subjecting an N-substituted alkanolamine to a gas-phase catalytic dehydration reaction (the following reaction formula). ##STR1## In the above formula, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently one member of selected from a hydrogen atom and alkyl groups of 1-4 carbon atoms, and X is one member selected from alkyl groups of 1-4 carbon atoms, a cyclohexyl group, a phenyl group, a...

.beta.-N-aziridinopropionates of relatively high boiling alcohols or polyalcohols are prepared by transesterifying a .beta.-N-aziridinopropionate of a lower alcohol of 1 to 4 carbon atoms with a relatively high boiling alcohol or polyalcohol by a process in which the transesterification is carried out in the presence of, as a transesterification catalyst, a titanium(IV) or tin(IV) compound which is soluble in an organic medium.

A novel process for preparing a stereospecific (S)-3-amino-1-substituted pyrrolidine used as a key intermediate in preparing quinolone and naphthyridone antibacterial agents where the 7-position is occupied with a sterospecific 3-aminopyrrolidine side chain is described starting from inexpensive L-aspartic acid. L-aspartic acid is converted to the desired (S)-3-aminopyrrolidine via a novel, high yield transformation of a substituted aziridine.

This invention is related to new ethylaziridine derivatives of formula (I) and their preparation. The compounds are useful synthetic intermediates for the synthesis of HIV protease inhibitors and oligopeptide mimetics. ##STR1##

This invention relates to compounds of Formula I having an aziridine-2-carboxylic group and a menthol group, a process for preparing such compounds, a method for obtaining optically active aziridine-2-carboxylate derivatives by optical resolution of such compounds, and optically active aziridine-2-carboxylate derivatives obtained by the same method: ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen; alkyl; cycloalkyl; 4-chlorophenyl; 4-methoxyphenyl; s-triazinyl or pyridinyl acyl; benzyl; hydrocarbon res...

Aziridines may be subjected to a cyclooligomerization reaction to produce polyazacycloalkane compounds useful for example in the preparation of chelating agents for use in diagnostic imaging contrast agents. N-benzyl-aziridine in particular is useful as it can be cyclotetramerized and debenzylated to yield cyclen, a key intermediate in chelating agent preparation. The invention provides a particularly attractive route to production of N-benzyl and other N-arylmethyl aziridines of formula (I) whe...

A counting mechanism for timepiece having a bidirectional step by step motor, in which the rotor of the said motor cooperates directly with a counting wheel in such a way as to drive it only in one direction, this counting wheel being submitted to the action of a magnet which determines, at each step, its position while cooperating successively with each tooth of its toothing.

In the presence of an iridium compound, an imine of the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each, identical to or different from one another, a hydrogen atom or a non-reactive organic group, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be combined to form a ring together with the adjacent carbon atom, is reacted with a diazoacetic acid derivative of the following formula (2): wherein R.sup.4 is a cyano group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group or the like, to yield ...

Substituted 1,2-diphenylaziridines, particularly those which are substituted by halogen, are useful as pesticidal compositions. These 1,2-diphenylaziridines are of the following formula: ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, and nitro, and Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro, trifluoromethyl, and lower alkyl of 1-3 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or 2, provided that when one of X and Y is hydrogen or nitro, the other...