1783-81-9Relevant articles and documents
N-bromosuccinimide/HCl mediated reduction of sulfoxides to sulfides
Wang, Jianqiang,Shi, Fangmin,Dai, Dongyan,Xiong, Liping,Yang, Yongpo
supporting information, p. 439 - 443 (2021/02/03)
An efficient reduction of sulfoxides to sulfides mediated by N-bromosuccinimide (NBS)/HCl system has been developed. This protocol shows good functional group compatibility as well as broad substrates scope with operational simplicity.
Modulation of photochemical oxidation of thioethers to sulfoxides or sulfones using an aromatic ketone as the photocatalyst
Zhao, Bin,Hammond, Gerald B.,Xu, Bo
supporting information, (2021/09/13)
We have developed an eco-friendly and chemo-selective photocatalytic synthesis of sulfoxides or sulfones via oxidation of sulfides (thioethers) at ambient temperature using air or O2 as the oxidant. An inexpensive thioxanthone was used as the photocatalyst. Our method offers excellent chemical yields and good functional group tolerance. The hydrogen bonding between hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) and sulfoxides may play an important role in minimizing the over-oxidization of sulfoxides.
Identification of MsrA homologues for the preparation of (R)-sulfoxides at high substrate concentrations
Yang, Jiawei,Wen, Yuanmei,Peng, Liaotian,Chan, Yu,Cheng, Xiaoling,Chen, Yongzheng
, p. 3381 - 3388 (2019/04/01)
Here we report a methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MsrA) homologue with extremely high substrate tolerance and a wide substrate scope for the biocatalytic preparation of enantiopure sulfoxides. This MsrA homologue which was obtained from Pseudomonas alcaliphila (named paMsrA) showed good activity and enantioselectivity towards a series of aryl methyl/ethyl sulfoxides 1a-1k, with electron-withdrawing or electron-donating substituents at the aromatic ring. Chiral sulfoxides in the R configuration were prepared with approximately 50% of yield and up to 99% enantiomeric excess through the asymmetric reductive resolution of racemic sulfoxide catalyzed by the recombinant paMsrA protein. More importantly, kinetic resolution has been successfully accomplished with high enantioselectivity (E > 200) at initial substrate concentrations up to 320 mM (approximately 45 g L-1), which represents a great improvement in the aspect of the substrate concentration for the biocatalytic preparation of chiral sulfoxides.
