Asymmetric decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement reactions of sulfoximine-substituted allylic tosylacetic esters.
Allylic acetate esters containing a variety of N-arylsulfonyl sulfoximines on the acetyl residue have been prepared and submitted to the decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement reaction. Rearranged products were isolated in generally good yields, and diastereoselectivities up to 82:18 have been obtained. The N-(2,4,6-triisopropylphenylsulfonyl)-S-phenyl sulfoximine moiety gave the best selectivity. The stereochemistry of the major isomer was established by X-ray crystallography. A model to explain the stereochemical course of the rearrangement is proposed.
Craig
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Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Crystallography, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Grellepois
Fabienne
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White
Andrew J P
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