AN EFFICIENT ROUTE TO CHIRAL t-BUTYL SULFOXIDES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)80475-5

The cyclic sulfite 2 of (S)-1,1-diphenyl-propane-1,2-diol 1 gave chiral sulfinates 3 or 4 with high regio- and stereoselectivities, by reaction with various organometallics.The chiral sulfinates were then transformed in almost quantitative yields into ena