Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.3, 246-247, 2001
An efficient biomimetic cleavage of aziridines with nucleophiles catalyzed by beta-cyclodextrin in water
beta -Cyclodextrin catalyzed for the first time a facile ring opening of aziridines with nucleophiles such as aromatic amines and azides in water at room temperature to afford diamines and azidoamines respectively in good yields.