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• 29634-42-2 isopropyl 2-hydroxyphenyl sulfoxide 
• 75-05-8 acetonitrile 
• 17084-13-8 potassium hexafluorophosphate 
• 1257544-46-9 (S)-1-(isopropylsulfinyl)-2-(methoxymethoxy)benzene 

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Chiral recognition and dynamic thermodynamic resolution of Sulfoxides by Chiral Iridium (III) complexes

The optically active Ir(III) complex λ-[Ir(ppy)2 (MeCN) 2](PF6) (ppy is 2-phenylpyridine) with a chiral-at-metal was first demonstrated to preferentially react with (R)-configuration sulfoxides 2-(alkylsulfinyl)phenol (HLO-R, R = Me, Et, iPr, and Bn) rather than (S)-configuration sulfoxides under thermodynamic equilibrium due to the hydrogen-bonding interaction and the differences in the steric interference, and thus act as a highly efficient enantioreceptor for resolution of sulfoxide enatiomers. Treatment of λ- [Ir(ppy) 2 (MeCN) 2](PF6) with 2 equiv of rac-HLO-R offered (S)-HLO-R in yields of 46-47% with 97-99% enantiomeric excess (ee) values and λ- [Ir(ppy) 2{(S)-LO-R}] complex in yields of 89-93% with 98% diastereomeric excess (de). The (R)-HLO-R chiral sulfoxides were obtained by the acidolysis of λ-[Ir(ppy) 2{(S)-LO-R}] complexes with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the presence of coordinated solvent MeCN in yields of 45-47% with 98-99% ee values. Moreover, the enantioreceptor λ-[Ir(ppy) 2 (MeCN) 2](PF6) can be recycled in a yield of 86-91% with complete retention of the configuration at metal center and can be reused in a next reaction cycle without loss of reaction activity and enantioselectivity. The absolute configurations at the metal centers and sulfur atoms were determined by X-ray crystallography.

Efficient Generation of Singlet Oxygen and Photooxidation of Sulfide into Sulfoxide via Tuning the Ancillary of Bicyclometalated Iridium(III) Complexes

With 2-phenylquinoline (pq) as a cyclometalated ligand, a series of cationic Ir(III) complexes [Ir(pq)2(L1)2](PF6) (L1 is pyridine (1a), 4-methoxypyridine (1b), 4-dimethylaminopyridine (1c), and 4-acetylpyridine (1d)) and

Enantioselective syntheses of sulfoxides in octahedral ruthenium(II) complexes via a chiral-at-metal strategy

The preparation of chiral 2-(alkylsulfinyl)phenol compounds by enantioselective coordination-oxidation of the thioether ruthenium complexes with a chiral-at-metal strategy has been developed. The enantiomerically pure sulfoxide complexes δ-[Ru(bpy)2{(R)-LO-R}](PF6) (bpy is 2,2′-bipyridine, HLO-R is 2-(alkylsulfinyl)phenol, R = Me (δ-1a), Et (δ-2a), iPr (δ-3a), Bn (δ-4a), and Nap (δ-5a)) and δ-[Ru(bpy)2{(S)-LO-R}](PF6) (R = Me (δ-1a), Et (δ-2a), iPr (δ-3a), Bn (δ-4a), and Nap (δ-5a)) have been synthesized by the reaction of δ-[Ru(bpy)2(py)2]2+ or δ-[Ru(bpy)2(py)2]2+ with the prochiral thioether ligands 2-(alkylthio)phenol (HL-R), followed by enantioselective oxidation with m-CPBA as oxidant. The X-ray crystallography was used to verify the stereochemistry of ruthenium complexes and sulfur atoms. The configurations of the ruthenium complexes are stable during the coordination and oxidation reactions. Moreover, the chiral sulfoxide ligands are enantioselectively generated by controlling of the configuration of ruthenium centers in the course of oxidation reaction. That is, the δ configuration at the ruthenium center generates the S sulfoxide ligand; on the contrary, the δ configuration of the ruthenium complex originates the R sulfoxide ligand. Acidolysis of δ-[Ru(bpy)2{(R)-LO-R}](PF6) and δ-[Ru(bpy)2{(S)-LO-R}](PF6) complexes in the presence of TFA-MeCN afforded the chiral ligands (R)-HLO-R and (S)-HLO-R in 96-99% ee values, respectively. Importantly, the chiral ruthenium complexes can be recycled as δ/δ-[Ru(bpy)2(MeCN)2](PF6)2 and reused in a next reaction cycle with complete retention of the configurations at ruthenium centers.

Isomerization-induced asymmetric coordination chemistry: From auxiliary control to asymmetric catalysis

Asymmetric generator: Chiral (S)-2-(isopropylsulfinyl)phenol and a more electron-rich methoxy derivative (R=OCH3) are capable of inducing and even catalyzing a chirality-generating trans-cis isomerization of two 2,2′-bipyridine ligands in an oc