Substituent Effect on the Enantiomer-Differentiating Reaction of Lithiomethyl<i>p</i>-Tolyl Sulfoxide with Meta- or Para-Substituted (<i>R</i>)-(−)-Menthyl Benzoates
para-substituents, with 2 equivalents of racemic lithiomethyl p-tolyl sulfoxide displays the feature of an enantiomer-differentiating reaction, affording the corresponding optically active β-keto sulfoxides. The degree and the direction of enantioselectivity were affected by the nature of the substituent on benzene ring. The electron-releasing substituents trend to increase the %e.e. value. The reversal in the configuration
Solvent-Enabled Radical Selectivities: Controlled Syntheses of Sulfoxides and Sulfides
作者:Huamin Wang、Qingquan Lu、Chaohang Qian、Chao Liu、Wei Liu、Kai Chen、Aiwen Lei
DOI:10.1002/anie.201508729
日期:2016.1.18
Controllingselectivity is of central importance to radical chemistry. However, the highly reactive and unstable radical intermediates make this task especially challenging. Herein, a strategy for taming radical redox reactions has been developed, in which solvent‐bonding can alter the reactivity of the generated radical intermediates and thereby drastically alter the reaction selectivity at room temperature