Practical Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Sulfoximines via Sulfur-Selective Alkylation

J Org Chem. 2022 Mar 4;87(5):3652-3660. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02424. Epub 2022 Jan 25.

Abstract

Chiral sulfoximines have recently been considered as promising bioisosteres in medicinal chemistry. However, methods for preparing chiral sulfoximines in a stereoselective manner are underdeveloped. Herein, we demonstrate an asymmetric synthesis of chiral sulfoximines through a stereospecific S-alkylation of readily accessible chiral sulfinamides under practical conditions. A key to establishing the practical conditions was the identification of the intermediate structure in our previously reported S-alkylation by X-ray crystallographic analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkylation
  • Chemistry, Pharmaceutical*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Sulfur*

Substances

  • Sulfur