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Catalytic, Enantioselective Sulfenofunctionalization of Alkenes: Development and Recent Advances
Author(s) -
Matviitsuk Anastassia,
Panger Jesse L.,
Denmark Scott E.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202005920
Subject(s) - enantioselective synthesis , nucleophile , electrophile , chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , combinatorial chemistry , stereospecificity , vicinal , lewis acids and bases , catalysis , ring (chemistry) , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The last decade has witnessed a burgeoning of new methods for the enantioselective vicinal difunctionalization of alkenes initiated by electrophilic sulfenyl group transfer. The addition of sulfenium ions to alkenes results in the generation of chiral, non‐racemic thiiranium ions. These highly reactive intermediates are susceptible to attack by a myriad of nucleophiles in a stereospecific ring‐opening event to afford anti 1,2‐sulfenofunctionalized products. The practical application of sulfenium ion transfer has been enabled by advances in the field of Lewis base catalysis. This Review will chronicle the initial discovery and characterization of thiiranium ion intermediates followed by the determination of their configurational stability and the challenges of developing enantioselective variants. Once the framework for the reactivity and stability of thiiranium ions has been established, a critical analysis of pioneering studies will be presented. Finally, a comprehensive discussion of modern synthetic applications will be categorized around the type of nucleophile employed for sulfenofunctionalization.