Organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of β-amino sulfonic acid derivatives

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Aug 28;57(67):8348-8351. doi: 10.1039/d1cc03477d. Epub 2021 Aug 2.

Abstract

An unprecedented enantioselective conjugate addition reaction of sodium bisulfite to various nitrostyrenes occurred upon the influence of a bifunctional amino-thiourea organocatalyst; a strategy that opens a straightforward route to unprotected chiral taurine derivatives thanks to the reduction of the obtained β-nitroethanesulfonic acids into the corresponding amino derivatives.