Sulphide as a leaving group: highly stereoselective bromination of alkyl phenyl sulphides
| Autor: | John E. O'Brien, Caterina Cioffi, Lorenza Ghisu, Manuel Ruether, Ilaria Biancofiore, Daniele Canestrari, Stefano Lancianesi, Mauro F. A. Adamo, Hasim Ibrahim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Nitrile 010405 organic chemistry Leaving group Halogenation Alcohol General Chemistry 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Medicinal chemistry 0104 chemical sciences Adduct chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Nucleophilic substitution Stereoselectivity Alkyl |
| Zdroj: | Chemical Science Canestrari, Daniele ORCID: 0000-0002-3245-6630 |
| ISSN: | 2041-6539 2041-6520 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9sc03560e |
| Popis: | A conceptionally novel nucleophilic substitution approach to synthetically important alkyl bromides is presented. Using molecular bromine (Br2), readily available secondary benzyl and tertiary alkyl phenyl sulphides are converted into the corresponding bromides under exceptionally mild, acid- and base-free reaction conditions. This simple transformation allows the isolation of elimination sensitive benzylic β-bromo carbonyl and nitrile compounds in mostly high yields and purities. Remarkably, protic functionalities such as acids and alcohols are tolerated. Enantioenriched benzylic β-sulphido esters, readily prepared by asymmetric sulpha-Michael addition, produce the corresponding inverted bromides with high stereoselectivities, approaching complete enantiospecificity at -40 °C. Significantly, the reported benzylic β-bromo esters can be stored without racemisation for prolonged periods at -20 °C. Their synthetic potential was demonstrated by the one-pot preparation of γ-azido alcohol (S)-5 in 90% ee. NMR studies revealed an initial formation of a sulphide bromine adduct, which in turn is in equilibrium with a postulated dibromosulphurane intermediate that undergoes C-Br bond formation. |
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