Facile Synthesis of β-Phenylethylamine Derivatives Related to Baclofen via Aziridine Ring Opening
Keyword(s):
Nucleophilic ring opening of the protonated salt of 2-(4-chlorophenyl ) aziridine with substituted thiols provides a very simple route to β- phenylethylamine derivatives which are analogues of the GABAB receptor agonist baclofen and its antagonists phaclofen and saclofen.