Electrophilic Chlorine from Chlorosulfonium Salts: A Highly Chemoselective Reduction of Sulfoxides

P Acosta‐Guzmán… - … A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020Wiley Online Library
Herein, we describe a selective late‐stage deoxygenation of sulfoxides based on a novel
application of chlorosulfonium salts and demonstrate a new process using these species
generated in situ from sulfoxides as the source of electrophilic chlorine. The use of highly
nucleophilic 1, 3, 5‐trimethoxybenzene (TMB) as the reducing agent is described for the first
time and applied in the deoxygenation of simple and functionalized sulfoxides. The method
is easy to handle, economic, suitable for gram‐scale operations, and readily applied for poly …
Abstract
Herein, we describe a selective late‐stage deoxygenation of sulfoxides based on a novel application of chlorosulfonium salts and demonstrate a new process using these species generated in situ from sulfoxides as the source of electrophilic chlorine. The use of highly nucleophilic 1,3,5‐trimethoxybenzene (TMB) as the reducing agent is described for the first time and applied in the deoxygenation of simple and functionalized sulfoxides. The method is easy to handle, economic, suitable for gram‐scale operations, and readily applied for poly‐functionalized molecules, as demonstrated with more than 45 examples, including commercial medicines and analogues. We also report the results of competition experiments that define the more reactive sulfoxide and we present a mechanistic proposal based on substrate and product observations.
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