- Azirine
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IUPACName=1"H"-Azirine
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CASNo=157-17-5
PubChem=5461042
SMILES=C1=CN1
Section2=Chembox Properties
Formula=C2H3N
MolarMass=41.05 g/mol
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Autoignition=Azirines are three membered
heterocyclic unsaturated (i.e. they contain adouble bond ) compounds containing anitrogen atom and related to the saturated analogueaziridine . [cite journal | author = Teresa M. V. D. Pinho e Melo and Antonio M. d’A. Rocha Gonsalves | journal = Current Organic Synthesis | volume =1 | issue = 3 | year = 2004 | pages = 275–292 | title = Exploiting 2-Halo-2H-Azirine Chemistry | url = http://www.bentham.org/cos/contabs/cos1-3.htm#5 | doi = 10.2174/1570179043366729] They are highly reactive yet are found in a number of natural products such as theantibiotic azirinomycin , isolated from "Streptomyces auras".The strained ring system undergoes reactions that favor ring opening and can act as a
nucleophile or anelectrophile . An azirine is an intermediate in theNeber rearrangement .References
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