P-chiral thioxophosphoranesulfenyl chlorides RR'P(S)SCl. A unique stereochemical probe to study nucleophilic displacement at a dicoordinate sulfur center

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00529-8

A stereospecific synthesis of P-chiral sulfenyl chlorides 6a,b has been developed from P-chiral sulfenylamide 9a,b,c by a novel procedure employing 2Me₃SiCl + 2EtOH as the reagent of choice. The sulfenylamides 9a,b,c were prepared either by ste