Synthesis of chiral sultams via palladium-catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric reductive amination

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Feb 4;53(10):1704-1707. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09493g. Epub 2017 Jan 19.

Abstract

A novel palladium-catalyzed intramolecular reductive amination of ketones with weakly nucleophilic sulfonamides has been developed in the presence of a Brønsted acid, giving a wide range of chiral γ-, δ-, and ε-sultams in high yields and up to 99% of enantioselectivity.