One-Pot Tandem Oxidative Bromination and Amination of Sulfenamide for the Synthesis of Sulfinamidines

J Org Chem. 2023 Apr 7;88(7):4581-4591. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00042. Epub 2023 Mar 16.

Abstract

The sulfinamidines as aza analogues of sulfinamides received limited attention from both organic chemists and pharmaceutical chemists. Herein, we present a tandem oxidative/nucleophilic substitution approach for the synthesis of sulfinamidines in high yield (up to 98%). This cascade reaction method is enabled by N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) as an oxidant and diverse readily available amines as nucleophiles without any additives or catalysts. Notably, this method is highly time-economical, safe to operate, and easy to scale up and has excellent functional group compatibility.