Chiral iminophosphorane catalyzed asymmetric sulfenylation of 4-substituted pyrazolones

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jan 2;55(3):397-400. doi: 10.1039/c8cc09049a.

Abstract

An excellent level of enantioselectivity in asymmetric sulfenylation of 4-substituted pyrazolones was achieved with chiral iminophosphorane as the organocatalyst under continuum solvation conditions (up to 99% ee). Importantly, this catalytic process features high efficiency with excellent enantioselectivities, easy separation of products, low catalytic loadings and scale-up to grams without loss of enantioselectivity.