Rediscovering sulfinylamines as reagents for organic synthesis

Sulfinylamines (R-N=S=O), monoaza analogues of sulfur dioxide, have been known for well over a century, and their reactivity as sulfur electrophiles and in Diels-Alder reactions is well-established. However, they have only rarely been used in organic synthesis in recent decades despite the increasin...

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Main Authors: Davies, T, Willis, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021
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description Sulfinylamines (R-N=S=O), monoaza analogues of sulfur dioxide, have been known for well over a century, and their reactivity as sulfur electrophiles and in Diels-Alder reactions is well-established. However, they have only rarely been used in organic synthesis in recent decades despite the increasing prominence of compounds containing N=S=O functionality, such as sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides. This Minireview aims to bring wider visibility to the unique chemistry enabled by this class of compounds. We focus on advances from the last 10 years, including the first examples of their use in the one-pot syntheses of sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides. Also covered are the reactions of sulfinylamines with carbon-centered radicals, their use for the formation of heterocycles through cycloadditions, and catalytic enantioselective allylic oxidation of alkenes via a hetero-ene reaction. These examples highlight the different reactivity modes of sulfinylamines and their underappreciated potential for forming molecules which contain highor low-valent sulfur, or even no sulfur at all.
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spelling oxford-uuid:a1834fcd-1f50-4f75-a1cd-4d71f9e2947c2022-03-27T02:13:45ZRediscovering sulfinylamines as reagents for organic synthesisJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a1834fcd-1f50-4f75-a1cd-4d71f9e2947cEnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2021Davies, TWillis, MSulfinylamines (R-N=S=O), monoaza analogues of sulfur dioxide, have been known for well over a century, and their reactivity as sulfur electrophiles and in Diels-Alder reactions is well-established. However, they have only rarely been used in organic synthesis in recent decades despite the increasing prominence of compounds containing N=S=O functionality, such as sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides. This Minireview aims to bring wider visibility to the unique chemistry enabled by this class of compounds. We focus on advances from the last 10 years, including the first examples of their use in the one-pot syntheses of sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides. Also covered are the reactions of sulfinylamines with carbon-centered radicals, their use for the formation of heterocycles through cycloadditions, and catalytic enantioselective allylic oxidation of alkenes via a hetero-ene reaction. These examples highlight the different reactivity modes of sulfinylamines and their underappreciated potential for forming molecules which contain highor low-valent sulfur, or even no sulfur at all.
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