Modern stereoselective synthesis of chiral sulfinyl compounds

E Wojaczyńska, J Wojaczyński - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chiral sulfinyl compounds, sulfoxides, sulfoximines, sulfinamides, and other derivatives, play
an important role in asymmetric synthesis as versatile auxiliaries, ligands, and catalysts …

Asymmetric synthesis of S (IV) and S (VI) stereogenic centers

X Zhang, F Wang, CH Tan - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfur can form diverse S (IV) and S (VI) stereogenic centers, of which some have gained
significant attention recently due to their increasing use as pharmacophores in drug …

Neglected sulfur (VI) pharmacophores in drug discovery: exploration of novel chemical space by the interplay of drug design and method development

U Lücking - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Historically, sulfoximines, sulfondiimines and sulfonimidamides have been neglected
pharmacophores in drug discovery even though they offer very interesting properties. This …

Synthesis of chiral sulfinate esters by asymmetric condensation

X Zhang, ECX Ang, Z Yang, CW Kee, CH Tan - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Achiral sulfur functional groups, such as sulfonamide, sulfone, thiol and thioether, are
common in drugs and natural products. By contrast, chiral sulfur functional groups are often …

Stereoselective synthesis of cyclobutanes by contraction of pyrrolidines

C Hui, L Brieger, C Strohmann… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Here we report a contractive synthesis of multisubstituted cyclobutanes containing multiple
stereocenters from readily accessible pyrrolidines using iodonitrene chemistry. Mediated by …

How do we address neglected sulfur pharmacophores in drug discovery?

MJ Tilby, MC Willis - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Sulfur is an ubiquitous heteroatom in medicinal chemistry [1]. Its prevalence is often credited
to its ability to exist in many oxidation states, whilst also being capable of bonding to a …

Harnessing sulfinyl nitrenes: a unified one-pot synthesis of sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides

TQ Davies, MJ Tilby, J Ren, NA Parker… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sulfoximines and sulfonimidamides are promising compounds for medicinal and
agrochemistry. As monoaza analogues of sulfones and sulfonamides, respectively, they …

SuFEx Chemistry of Thionyl Tetrafluoride (SOF4) with Organolithium Nucleophiles: Synthesis of Sulfonimidoyl Fluorides, Sulfoximines, Sulfonimidamides, and …

B Gao, S Li, P Wu, JE Moses… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thionyl tetrafluoride (SOF4) is a valuable connective gas for sulfur fluoride exchange
(SuFEx) click chemistry that enables multidimensional linkages to be created via sulfur …

Cycloadditions of Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes and‐butanes using S= N‐Containing Reagents: Access to Cyclic Sulfinamides, Sulfonamides, and Sulfinamidines

GA Oliver, MN Loch, AU Augustin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present (3+ 2)‐and (4+ 2)‐cycloadditions of donor–acceptor (D–A)
cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes with N‐sulfinylamines and a sulfur diimide, along with a …

Sulfonimidamides: synthesis and applications in preparative organic chemistry

GC Nandi, PI Arvidsson - Advanced synthesis & catalysis, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
During the last one and half decades, chemists within vastly different areas of science have
witnessed a rising interest in chemical matters incorporating the sulfonimidamide functional …