Copper-catalyzed asymmetric sulfoxidation of aryl benzyl and aryl alkyl sulfides, using aqueous hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant, has been investigated. A relationship between the steric effects of the sulfide substituents and the enantioselectivity of the oxidation has been observed, with up to 93% ee for 2-naphthylmethyl phenyl sulfoxide, in modest yield in this instance (up to 30%). The influence
Investigation of steric and electronic effects in the copper-catalysed asymmetric oxidation of sulfides
作者:Graham E. O'Mahony、Kevin S. Eccles、Robin E. Morrison、Alan Ford、Simon E. Lawrence、Anita R. Maguire
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2013.08.063
日期:2013.11
in the copper-catalysed asymmetricoxidation of aryl benzyl, aryl alkyl and alkyl benzyl sulfides have been investigated. The presence of an aryl group directly attached to the sulfur is essential to afford sulfoxides with high enantioselectivities, with up to 97% ee for 2-naphthyl benzyl sulfoxide, the highest enantioselectivity achieved to date for copper-catalysed asymmetric sulfoxidation. In contrast