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Wu P, Demaerel J, Statham BJ, Bolm C. Azasulfur(iv) derivatives of sulfite and sulfinate esters by formal S-S bond insertion of dichloramines. Chem Sci 2024; 15:5333-5339. [PMID: 38577380 PMCID: PMC10988629 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc00500g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Azasulfur(vi) compounds such as sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides are attractive due to the unique properties of the S[double bond, length as m-dash]N bond. While the synthesis of these carbon-attached sulfonimidoyl derivatives is well-established, the situation is different for their heteroatom-bound counterparts. In this work, we propose azasulfur(iv) esters as platform chemicals that can be derivatized to obtain all types of SVI[double bond, length as m-dash]N functional groups, among these are the poorly accessible, all-heteroatom imidosulfate esters. Using a chloroamination workflow established here, S-S bond-containing structures such as elemental sulfur or diaryl disulfides can be transformed into imidothionyl or sulfinimidoyl chlorides, which are easily esterified or amidated. Thus, chloramines serve as a versatile [N] and [Cl+] source, and by using them in the context reported here, we advance the set of mild synthetic methods as the latest toolbox member to cover even more of the azasulfur(iv) and (vi) chemical space.
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- Peng Wu
- Institute of Organic Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
- Dept. of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Sustainable Chemistry for Metals and Molecules Celestijnenlaan 200F Box 2404 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry RWTH Aachen University Landoltweg 1a 52074 Aachen Germany
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Chakraborty N, Rajbongshi KK, Gondaliya A, Patel BK. PIDA/I 2-mediated photo-induced aerobic N-acylation of sulfoximines with methylarenes. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:2375-2379. [PMID: 38436055 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00175c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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A visible-light-promoted, PIDA/I2-mediated acylation of NH-sulfoximines with methylarenes as an acyl source has been achieved. This transition metal and photosensitizer-free approach provides easy access to N-acylsulfoximines via oxidative coupling of sulfoximines with easily available methylarenes without using any peroxide source. Mechanistic investigations suggest the intermediacy of radicals and the importance of molecular oxygen.
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- Nikita Chakraborty
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India.
- Department of Chemistry, Cotton University, Guwahati, 781001, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indrashil University, Kadi, Rajpur, 382740, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India.
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Testen Ž, Jereb M. Oxidation of N-trifluoromethylthio sulfoximines using NaOCl·5H 2O. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:2012-2020. [PMID: 38240529 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob02033a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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N-Trifluoromethylthio sulfoximines are biologically interesting compounds, but their potential is still poorly understood. The oxidation of N-trifluoromethylthio sulfoximines led to their corresponding sulfoxide derivatives as a new class of compounds, when using sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate (NaOCl·5H2O) as a green and relatively unexplored reagent. The reactions took place with a small excess of oxidant under environmentally friendly conditions in EtOAc for 16 h at room temperature. Noteworthy distinctions of this transformation are the simplicity, high selectivity, energy and cost efficiency, minimal amounts of non-hazardous waste, isolation of most of the products without the additional need for chromatographic purification, and simple scalability to gram reactions without deterioration of the yield. The reaction exhibited excellent green chemistry metrics with high atom economy (82.0%), actual atom economy (79.5%), reaction mass efficiency (79.7%), E-factor (16.48) and a very high EcoScale score (84.5). Competitive experiments demonstrated that electron-rich substrates are more reactive than their electron-poor counterparts. Furthermore, the Suzuki-Miyaura functionalization of N-trifluoromethylsulfaneylidene sulfoximine could be achieved depending on the conditions, resulting in coupling products with or without an introduced sulfoxide moiety. Sonogashira coupling of N-trifluoromethylsulfaneylidene sulfoximine furnished the expected acetylene derivative in high yield, and the reaction conditions are compatible with the newly introduced sulfaneylidene functionality. Bromine and nickel catalysts were also shown to be deprotecting agents of the sulfoxide group. A selected N-trifluoromethylsulfaneylidene sulfoximine demonstrated its stability in water in the presence of air and in dilute hydrochloric acid, while it converted back to the parent sulfoximine under basic conditions.
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- Žan Testen
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Večna pot 113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Večna pot 113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Teng S, Shultz ZP, Shan C, Wojtas L, Lopchuk JM. Asymmetric synthesis of sulfoximines, sulfonimidoyl fluorides and sulfonimidamides enabled by an enantiopure bifunctional S(VI) reagent. Nat Chem 2024; 16:183-192. [PMID: 38238465 PMCID: PMC11000591 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01419-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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An increased interest to expand three-dimensional chemical space for the design of new materials and medicines has created a demand for isosteric replacement groups of commonly used molecular functionality. The structural and chemical properties of chiral S(VI) functional groups provide unique spatial and electronic features compared with their achiral sulfur- and carbon-based counterparts. Manipulation of the S(VI) centre to introduce structural variation with stereochemical control has remained a synthetic challenge. The stability of sulfonimidoyl fluorides and the efficiency of sulfur fluorine exchange chemistry has enabled the development of the enantiopure bifunctional S(VI) transfer reagent t-BuSF to overcome current synthetic limitations. Here, we disclose a reagent platform that serves as a chiral sulfur fluorine exchange template for the rapid asymmetric synthesis of over 70 sulfoximines, sulfonimidoyl fluorides and sulfonimidamides with excellent enantiomeric excess and good overall yields. Furthermore, the practical utility of the bifunctional S(VI) transfer reagent was demonstrated in the syntheses of enantiopure pharmaceutical intermediates and analogues.
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- Shun Teng
- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Drug Discovery Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
- Drug Discovery Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
- Department of Oncologic Sciences, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
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Bull JA. Sulfur stereochemistry takes centre stage. Nat Chem 2024; 16:152-153. [PMID: 38238466 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01421-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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- James A Bull
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, London, UK.
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Werner E, Wiegand M, Moran J, Lebœuf D. Rapid Access to Densely Functionalized Cyclopentenyl Sulfoximines through a Sc-Catalyzed Aza-Piancatelli Reaction. Org Lett 2024. [PMID: 38190622 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c04095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Sulfoximines make up a class of compounds of growing interest for crop science and medicinal chemistry, but methods for directly incorporating them into complex molecular scaffolds are lacking. Here we report a scandium-catalyzed variant of the aza-Piancatelli cyclization that can directly incorporate sulfoximines as nucleophiles rather than the classical aniline substrates. Starting from 2-furylcarbinols and sulfoximines, the reaction provides direct access to 4-sulfoximinocyclopentenones, a new scaffold bearing cyclopentenone and sulfoximine motifs, both of interest for bioactive compounds.
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- Emilie Werner
- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), CNRS UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg, 8 Allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), CNRS UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg, 8 Allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), CNRS UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg, 8 Allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 75005 Paris, France
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), CNRS UMR 7006, Université de Strasbourg, 8 Allée Gaspard Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Pan S, Mulks FF, Wu P, Rissanen K, Bolm C. Mechanochemical Iron-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer Reactions: Direct Synthesis of N-Acyl Sulfonimidamides from Sulfinamides and Dioxazolones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202316702. [PMID: 38055189 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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A mechanochemical synthesis of sulfonimidamides by iron(II)-catalyzed exogenous ligand-free N-acyl nitrene transfer to sulfinamides is reported. The one-step method tolerates a wide range of sulfinamides with various substituents under solvent-free ambient conditions. Compared to its solution-phase counterpart, this mechanochemical approach shows better conversion and chemoselectivity. Mechanistic investigations by ESI-MS revealed the generation of crucial nitrene iron intermediates.
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- Shulei Pan
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box. 35, Survontie 9 B, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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