tert-Butanesulfinamide

tert-Butanesulfinamide

Names
IUPAC name 2-Methyl-2-propanesulfinamide
Identifiers
CAS Number	146374-27-8
ChemSpider	2627606
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PubChem	3382465
InChI InChI=1S/C4H11NOS/c1-4(2,3)7(5)6/h5H2,1-3H3 Key: CESUXLKAADQNTB-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/C4H11NOS/c1-4(2,3)7(5)6/h5H2,1-3H3 Key: CESUXLKAADQNTB-UHFFFAOYAH
SMILES O=S(N)C(C)(C)C
Properties
Chemical formula	(CH3)3CS(O)NH2
Molar mass	121.20 g/mol
Appearance	white to off-white crystalline solid
Melting point	102 to 105 °C (216 to 221 °F; 375 to 378 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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tert-Butanesulfinamide is an organosulfur compound and a member of the class of sulfinamides. Both enantiomeric forms are commercially available and are relevant to the asymmetric synthesis of amines as a chiral ammonia equivalent.^[1][2][3] This methodology was introduced in 1997 by Jonathan A. Ellman.^[4]

Synthesis

Chiral tert-butanesulfinamide can be prepared by enantioselective oxidation of inexpensive di-tert-butyl disulfide to the thiosulfinate followed by disulfide bond cleavage by lithium amide. In the original scope the chiral ligand used together with vanadyl acetylacetonate was prepared by condensing a chiral aminoindanol with 3,5-di-tert-butyl salicylaldehyde.

tert-Butanesulfinamide synthesis

Amine synthesis

Condensation with ketones and aldehydes yield the corresponding N-tert-butanesulfinyl aldimines and ketimines. These intermediates are more resistant to hydrolysis than other imines but more reactive towards nucleophiles. A nucleophile adds diastereoselectively over the imine group in an electrophilic addition with the tert-butanesulfinyl group acting as a chiral auxiliary. This tert-butanesulfinyl group is also a protecting group. On addition of hydrochloric acid the tert-butanesulfinyl group is removed forming the chiral primary ammonium salt or amine (from aldehyde precursor) or the chiral secondary amine (ketone precursor).

tert-Butanesulfinamide chiral amine synthesis

Typical nucleophiles are Grignard reagents, organozinc compounds, organolithium compounds, and enolates.

Chiral sulfinimines as intermediates for the asymmetric synthesis of amines have also been developed by Franklin A. Davis.^[5]

Applications

tert-Butanesulfinamide has been used as an auxiliary in an asymmetric synthesis of cetirizine (more potent than the racemic mixture of the drug) starting from p-chlorobenzaldehyde and phenylmagnesium bromide:^[6]

Asymmetric cetirizine synthesis

References

1. Ellman, J. A. (2003). "Applications of tert-butanesulfinamide in the asymmetric synthesis of amines". Pure and Applied Chemistry 75: 39. doi:10.1351/pac200375010039.
2. Robak, Maryann T.; Herbage, Melissa A.; Ellman, Jonathan A. (2010). "Synthesis and Applications oftert-Butanesulfinamide". Chemical Reviews 110 (6): 100426091145060. doi:10.1021/cr900382t. PMID 20420386.
3. Organic Syntheses, Vol. 82, p.157 (2005). Link
4. Liu, Guangcheng; Cogan, Derek A.; Ellman, Jonathan A. (1997). "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis oftert-Butanesulfinamide. Application to the Asymmetric Synthesis of Amines". Journal of the American Chemical Society 119 (41): 9913. doi:10.1021/ja972012z.
5. Davis, Franklin A.; Reddy, Rajarathnam E.; Szewczyk, Joanna M.; Reddy, G. Venkat; Portonovo, Padma S.; Zhang, Huiming; Fanelli, Dean; Zhou, Ping; et al. (1997). "Asymmetric Synthesis and Properties of Sulfinimines (ThiooximeS-Oxides)". The Journal of Organic Chemistry 62 (8): 2555–2563. doi:10.1021/jo970077e. PMID 11671597.
6. Pflum, D; Krishnamurthy, D; Han, Z; Wald, S; Senanayake, C (2002). "Asymmetric synthesis of cetirizine dihydrochloride". Tetrahedron Letters 43 (6): 923. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)02294-8.