A number of new chiral ligands were synthesized starting from an accessible monoterpene, (+)-alpha-pinene. The new ligands were used in the vanadium-catalyzed oxidation of sulfides to chiral sufoxides.
A number of new chiral ligands were synthesized starting from an accessible monoterpene, (+)-alpha-pinene. The new ligands were used in the vanadium-catalyzed oxidation of sulfides to chiral sufoxides.