N-Sulfinyl imine
N-Sulfinyl imines (N-sulfinylimines, sulfinimines, N-Sulfonyl imines,thiooxime S-oxides) are a class of imines bearing a sulfinyl group attached to nitrogen.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] These imines display usefully stereoselectivity reactivity and due to the presence of the chiral electron withdrawing N-sulfinyl group. They allow 1,2-addition of organometallic reagents to imines. The N-sulfinyl group exerts powerful and predictable stereodirecting effects resulting in high levels of asymmetric induction. Racemization of the newly created carbon-nitrogen stereo center is prevented because anions are stabilized at nitrogen (i.e., the sulfinyl group is a versatile amine protection group). The sulfinyl chiral auxiliary is readily removed by simple acid hydrolysis. The addition of organometallic reagents to N-sulfinyl imines is the most reliable and versatile method for the asymmetric synthesis of amine derivatives. These building blocks have been employed in the asymmetric synthesis of numerous biologically active compounds.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Synthesis
The first N-sulfinyl imines in racemic form were reported by Franklin A. Davis in 1974 by oxidation of p-toluene-sulfenyl imines with m-CPBA.[9] Enantiopure p-toluene-sulfinyl imines, described by M. Cinquini et al. in 1977, involve the reaction of the commercially available Andersen reagent (menthyl p-toluenesulfinate)[10] with metallo-ketimines but is limited to ketone derived N-sulfinyl imines.[11] A more general method for the preparation of N-sulfinyl imines is the asymmetric oxidation of achiral sulfenyl-imines with a chiral oxaziridine reported by Davis et al. in 1992.[12] While this method played an important role in initiating chiral N-sulfinyl imine chemistry, it utility is limited by the difficulty of preparation of the N-sulfonyloxaziridne.[13] More practical is the one-pot procedure from the Andersen reagent making a variety of p-toluene-sulfinyl imines availabled from both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes.[14]
The most widely used method for the asymmetric synthesis of N-sulfinyl imines is the condensation of enantiopure primary sulfinamides with aldehyde or ketones.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] A mild Lewis acid dehydrating reagents such as Ti(OEt)4, as well as other desiccants/water scavengers facilitate the condensation.[15][16] Many sulfinamides are commercially available in both (R)- and (S)-forms. The two most commonly used are the Davis p-toluene-sulfinamide and the Ellman tert-butanesulfinamide[8][15][16]
Applications
The p-toluene-sulfinyl imines are useful for the highly diastereoselective asymmetric synthesis of α-amino acids,[17][18] β-amino acids,[19][20] syn- and anti-2,3-diamino esters,[21] α-amino aldehydes and ketones,[22][23] β-amino ketones,[24][25] α-amino phosphonates,[26][27] aziridine 2-carboxylates,[28][29] and aziridine 2-phosphnates.[30] Many of these same transformations can been carried out with tert-butylsulfinyl imines.[8] For the asymmetric synthesis of amines tert-butane-sulfinyl imines are required because lithium and Grignard reagents react at the sulfinyl sulfur in p-toluene-sulfinyl imines.[8] Mild acid treatment readily removes the N-sulfinyl group in the sulfinamide products affording the free amine derivatives. An advantage of tert-butytsulfinyl imines is that acid treatment of the corresponding sulfinamides leads to easily removal by-products.[8]
References
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(help) - ↑ Cinquini, Mauro; Cozzi, Franco (1977). "Synthesis of Optically active N-alkylidenesulphinamides". Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications: 502.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Reddy, Thimma, R.; Reddy, Rajaraathnam E (1992). "Asymmetric Synthesis of Sulfinimines: Applications to the Synthesis of Nonracemic β-Amino acids and α-hydroxy-β-amino acids". Journal of Organic Chemistry 57: 6387. doi:10.1021/jo00050a007. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Reddy, Thimma, R.; Han, Wei; Carroll, P. J (1992). "Chemistry of Oxaziridines. 17. N-(Phenylsulfonyl)(3,3-dichlorocamphoryl)oxaziridine: A Highly Efficient Reagent for the Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfide to Sulfoxides". Journal of the American Chemical Society 114: 1428. doi:10.1021/ja00030a045. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Reddy, Rajharathnam E.; Szewczyk, Joanna M.; Reddy, G. Venkat; Portonovo, Padma S.; Zhang, Huiming; Fanelli, Dean; Reddy, R. Thimma; Zhou, Ping; Carroll Patrick J (1997). "Asymmetric Synthesis and Properties of Sulfinimines (Thiooxime S-Oxides)". Journal of Organic Chemistry 62 (8): 2555–2563. doi:10.1021/jo970077e. PMID 11671597.
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(help) - 1 2 Davis, Franklin A; Zhang Yulian, Andemichael, Yemane; Fang, Tianan; Fanelli, Dean L.; Zhang, Huiming (1999). "Improved Synthesis of Enantiopure Sulfinimines (Thiooxime S-Oxides) from p-Toluenesulfinamides and Aldehydes and Ketones". Journal of Organic Chemistry 64: 1403. doi:10.1021/jo9820622. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - 1 2 Davis, Franklin A; Portonovo, Padma S.; Reddy, Rajarathnam E.; Chiu, Yu-hung (1996). "Asymmetric Strecker Synthesis using Enantiopure Sulfinimines and Diethylaluminum Cyanide: The Alcohol Effect". Journal of Organic Chemistry 61: 440. doi:10.1021/jo9519928.
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- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Reddy, Rajarathnam E.; Szewczyk, Joanna, M (1995). "Asymmetric Synthesis of (R)-(+)-β-Phenylalanine from (S)-(+)-Benzylidene-p-toluenesulfinamide. Regeneration of the Sulfinimine Precursor". Journal of Organic Chemistry 60: 7037. doi:10.1021/jo00126a070. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Szewczyk, Joanna, M.; Reddy, Rajarathnam E (1996). "An Efficient Synthesis of (+)-(S)-Ethyl-β-Amino-3-pyridinepropanoate Using Enantiopure Sulfinimines". Journal of Organic Chemistry 61: 2222. doi:10.1021/jo951917x. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Zhang, Yanfeng; Qiu, Hui (2007). "Asymmetric Synthesis of anti- and syn-2,3-Diamino Esters using Sulfinimines. Water and Concentration Effects". Organic Letters 9: 833. doi:10.1021/ol063058c.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Ramachandar, Tokala; Liu Hu (2004). "Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Amino 1,3-Dithioketals from Sulfinimines (N-Sulfinyl Imines). Synthesis of (2S,3R)-(-)-3-Hydroxy-3-methylproline". Organic Letters 6: 3393. doi:10.1021/ol0485971.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Ramachandar, Tokala; Chai, Jing; Skucas, Eduardas (2006). "Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Amino Aldehydes from Sulfinimine (N-Sulfinyl Imine)-Derived α-Amino 1,3-Dithianes. Formal Synthesis of (-)-2,3-trans-3,4-cis-Dihydroxy Proline". Tetrahedron Letters 47: 2743. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.02.092.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Nolt, M. Brad; Wu, Yongzhong; Prasad, Kavirayani R.; Li, Danyang; Yang, Bin; Bowen, Kerisha; Lee, Seung H.; Eardley, John, H (2005). "Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Amino Carbonyl Compounds with N-Sulfinyl β-Amino Weinreb Amides". Journal of Organic Chemistry 70: 2184. doi:10.1021/jo0402780.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Song Minsoo (2007). "Asymmetric Synthesis of syn-α-Substituted β-Amino Ketones using Sulfinimines and Prochiral Weinreb Amide Enolates". Organic Letters 9: 2413. doi:10.1021/ol0708166.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Lee, Seung; Yan, Hongxing; Titus, Donald D (2001). "Asymmetric Synthesis of Quaternary α-Amino Phosphonates using Sulfinimines". Organic Letters 3: 1757. doi:10.1021/ol015945f.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Lee, Seung; Xu, He (2004). "Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclic α-Amino Phosphonates using Masked Oxo Sulfinimines (N-Sulfinyl Imines)". Journal of Organic Chemistry 69: 3777. doi:10.1021/jo040127x.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Zhou, Ping; Reddy, G. Venkat (1994). "Asymmetric Synthesis and Reactions of cis-N-(p-Toluenesulfinyl)aziridine-2-carboxylic Acids". Journal of Organic Chemistry 59: 3243. doi:10.1021/jo00091a001.
- ↑ Davis, Franklin A; Liu, Hu; Zhou, Ping; Fang, Tianan; Reddy, G. Venkat; Zhang, Yulian (1999). "Aza-Darzens Asymmetric Synthesis of N-p-(Toluenesulfinyl)aziridine 2-Carboxylate Esters from Sulfinimines (N-Sulfinyl Imines)". Journal of Organic Chemistry 64: 7559. doi:10.1021/jo990907j. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - ↑ Davis, Franklin A; McCoull, William; Titus, Donald D (1999). "Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Methylphosphophenylalanine Derivatives using Sulfinimine Derived Chiral Enantiopure Aziridinyl-2-phosphonates". Organic Letters 1: 1053. doi:10.1021/ol990855k.
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