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Enantioselective synthesis of trifluoromethylated tertiary thioethers through organocatalytic sulfa-Michael addition of thiols to β-trifluoromethyl β,β-disubstituted enones

  • Yao Feng Wang
  • , Shaoxiang Wu
  • , Pran Gopal Karmaker
  • , Muhammad Sohail
  • , Qi Wang
  • , Fu Xue Chen*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Nutrichem Company Limited Building D-1

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Abstract

An organocatalytic asymmetric sulfa-Michael addition of thiols to β-trifluoromethyl β,β-disubstituted (E)-enones in the presence of 10 mol% of a cinchona alkaloid-derived thiourea catalyst provides direct and simple access to chiral trifluoromethyl tertiary thioethers in high yields and up to 76% ee.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1147-1153
Number of pages7
JournalSynthesis
Volume47
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2015

Keywords

  • Michael additions
  • asymmetric catalysis
  • enones
  • organocatalysis
  • sulfides
  • thiols

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