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Investigation of steric and electronic effects in the copper-catalysed asymmetric oxidation of sulfides
O'Mahony, Graham E.,Eccles, Kevin S.,Morrison, Robin E.,Ford, Alan,Lawrence, Simon E.,Maguire, Anita R.
supporting information, p. 10168 - 10184 (2013/11/06)
Steric and electronic effects in the copper-catalysed asymmetric oxidation of aryl benzyl, aryl alkyl and alkyl benzyl sulfides have been investigated. The presence of an aryl group directly attached to the sulfur is essential to afford sulfoxides with high enantioselectivities, with up to 97% ee for 2-naphthyl benzyl sulfoxide, the highest enantioselectivity achieved to date for copper-catalysed asymmetric sulfoxidation. In contrast, the benzyl substituent can be replaced by sterically comparable groups with no effect on enantioselectivity. Copper-mediated oxidation of substituted aryl benzyl sulfides display modest steric and electronic effects resulting in comparable or lower enantioselectivities to those obtained with the unsubstituted benzyl phenyl sulfide.
Copper-catalyzed asymmetric oxidation of sulfides
O'Mahony, Graham E.,Ford, Alan,Maguire, Anita R.
experimental part, p. 3288 - 3296 (2012/05/20)
Copper-catalyzed asymmetric sulfoxidation of aryl benzyl and aryl alkyl sulfides, using aqueous hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant, has been investigated. A relationship between the steric effects of the sulfide substituents and the enantioselectivity of th
