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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: Chemistry. 2011 Mar 1;17(13):3630–3643. doi: 10.1002/chem.201003454

Table 4.

Oxidative opening of aziridine.

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Entry Conditions Results
1 50 mol% In(OTf)3, 0.1 M DMSO, 80 °C No reaction
2 50 mol% In(OTf)3, 0.1 M DMSO, MW, 200 °C, 30 min aromatization
3 50 mol% In(OTf)3 (wet), 0.1 M DMSO, 120 °C 46% 29, 50% 24
4 50 mol% In(OTf)3 (dry), 0.1 M DMSO (distilled), 120 °C 43% 29, 42% 24
5 50 mol% In(OTf)3 (dry), 0.1 M DMSO, 1 equiv Na2SO4, 120 °C 58% 29, 34% 24
6 5 mol% In(OTf)3 (dry), 1M in DMSO, 120 °C 54% 29, 22% 24