A general and expeditious one-pot synthesis of sulfoxides in high optical purity from norephedrine-derived sulfamidites.
A general and simple procedure for preparing any kind of enantiomerically enriched sulfoxide starting from norephedrine-derived N-benzyloxycarbonylsulfamidite 3a is reported. After one-pot reaction of 3a with RMgX, HBF(4), and R'MgX, a variety of sulfoxides 6 are obtained in ee usually higher than 93% and isolated yields ranging between 50 and 78%. The obtained configuration is tunable by simply electing the order of the addition of the reagents. [reaction--see text]
García Ruano
José L
JL
Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. joseluis.garcia.ruano@uam.es
Alemparte
Carlos
C
Aranda
M Teresa
MT
Zarzuelo
María M
MM