In situ generation of electrophilic trifluoromethylthio reagents for enantioselective trifluoromethylthiolation of oxindoles

Org Lett. 2014 Apr 18;16(8):2192-5. doi: 10.1021/ol5006888. Epub 2014 Apr 3.

Abstract

An organocatalytic asymmetric trifluoromethylthiolation reaction via in situ generation of active electrophilic trifluoromethylthio species involving trichloroisocyanuric acid and AgSCF3 as a practical and easily handled electrophilic SCF3 source for CSP(3)-SCF3 bond formation was developed. Reactions with this one-pot version strategy occurred in good yields and excellent stereoselectivities to access enantiopure oxindoles bearing a SCF3-substituted quaternary chiral center. The straightforward process described here makes use of simple starting materials and proceeds under mild conditions, which will be useful in medicinal chemistry and diversity-oriented syntheses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / chemical synthesis*
  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated / chemistry
  • Indicators and Reagents / chemistry
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxindoles
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Sulfur Compounds / chemistry*
  • Triazines / chemistry

Substances

  • Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Indoles
  • Oxindoles
  • Sulfur Compounds
  • Triazines
  • trichloroisocyanuric acid
  • 2-oxindole