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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 135, Issue 32, Pages 11951-11966Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja405073w
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- EPSRC
- University of Bristol
- Departament d'Educacio I Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Science Foundation Ireland
- Marie-Curie COFUND [11/SIRG/B2154]
- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) [11/SIRG/B2154] Funding Source: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/E052185/1, EP/K03927X/1, EP/I038071/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/E052185/1, EP/K03927X/1, EP/I038071/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The chiral sulfide, isothiocineole, has been synthesized in one step from elemental sulfur, gamma-terpinene, and limonene in 61% yield. A mechanism involving radical intermediates for this reaction is proposed based on experimental evidence. The application of isothiocineole to the asymmetric epoxidation of aldehydes and the aziridination of imines is described. Excellent enantioselectivities and diastereoselectivities have been obtained over a wide range of aromatic, aliphatic, and alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes using simple protocols. In aziridinations, excellent enantioselectivities and good diastereoselectivities were obtained for a wide range of imines. Mechanistic models have been put forward to rationalize the high selectivities observed, which should enable the sulfide to be used with confidence in synthesis. In epoxidations, the degree of reversibility in betaine formation dominates both the diastereoselectivity and the enantioselectivity. Appropriate tuning of reaction conditions based on understanding the reaction mechanism enables high selectivities to be obtained in most cases. In aziridinations, betaine formation is nonreversible with semistabilized ylides and diastereoselectivities are determined in the betaine forming step and are more variable as a result.
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