Nitrogen chirality via the sterical veto of N inversion

Abstract
Novel cyclic hydrazines 4–8 with sterically hindered (4, 6, 7) or arrested (5, 8) nitrogen inversion were synthesised; pyrazolydine 5 was separated into enantiomers by chiral chromatography; the crystal structures of salts 5a and 5b were studied by X-raydiffraction analysis.
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