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The reaction of 1-(phenylethynyl)aziridine with a primary or secondary amine gave 2-benzylimidazoline-2 or N-aminoethyl substituted phenylacetamidine via nucleophilic attack on the aziridine ring. The mechanism of aziridine ring opening by an amine was studied.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 600–603, May, 1989.
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Tikhomirov, D.A., Porchinskaya, N.M. & Eremeev, A.V. 1-(Phenylethynyl)aziridine in reactions with amines. Chem Heterocycl Compd 25, 498–501 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00482491
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