Sulfonyloxaziridines

Sulfonyloxaziridines were recently proposed as O-transferring reagents. Oxaziridine (89) converted thioethers to sulfoxides (90) and diaryl disulfides into their 5-oxides (91) (78TL5171). Epoxidations are also possible (81TL917). 

A different method for the conversion of ketones to a-hydroxy ketones consists of treating the enolate with a 2-sulfonyloxaziridine (such as 15). This is not a free-radical process the following mechanism is likely ... 

Chiral 2-sulfonyloxaziridines (77) and 2-sulfamyloxaziridines (78), developed by Davis and coworkers were used successfully in the oxidation of similar substrates. The... 

V-Sulfonyloxaziridines are useful reagents for oxidation of enolates to a-hydroxyketones.251 The best results are frequently achieved by using KHMDS to form the enolate. The hydroxylation occurs preferentially from the less hindered enolate face. 

Oxidation of silyl enol ethers. Oxidation of silyl enol ethers to a-hydroxy aldehydes or ketones is usually effected with w-chloroperbenzoic acid (6, 112). This oxidation can also be effected by epoxidation with 2-(phenylsulfonyl)-3-( p-nitrophenyl) oxaziridine in CHC1, at 25-60° followed by rearrangement to a-silyloxy carbonyl compounds, which are hydrolyzed to the a-hydroxy carbonyl compound (BujNF or H,0 + ). Yields are moderate to high. Oxidation with a chiral 2-arene-sulfonyloxaziridine shows only modest enantioselectivity. 

The tartrate (or TADDOL) derived approach to catalyst design has also been applied to the enantioselective a-hydroxylation of p-ketoesters. In this case, an enantiospecihc titanium(IV) complex combines with a sulfonyloxaziridine as the... 

Oxidation of chiral sulfonimines (R"S02N=CHAr)and chiral sulfamyl-imines (R RNS02N=CHAr)affords optically active 2-sulfonyloxaziridines and 2-sulfamyloxaziridines, respectively. These chiral, oxidizing reagents have been used in the asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides (15-68% ee), 11-13 selenides to selenoxides (8-9% ee] enolates to a-hydroxycarbonyl compounds (8-37% ee) and in the asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes (15-40% ee)... 

Sulfonyloxazirfdines are useful aprotic and neutral oxidizing reagents which, in general, afford greater selectivity for oxidations than do peracids. 2-Sulfonyloxaziridines have been employed in the oxidation of... 

Epoxidation of both aldimines and ketimines is possible. Most oxaziridines formed are stable compounds, especially aldimines containing aromatic substituents, and 2-sulfonyl-and 2-sulfamyl oxaziridines5. Generally, /V-sulfonyloxaziridines are isolated as stable crystalline solids. Certain compounds are widely used in synthetic organic chemistry as oxygen-transfer reagents (15-17). 

When overoxidation takes place by using peracids, A-sulfonyloxaziridines have been proposed as selective and mild oxidizing agents411. Oxidation of Michler s thioketone with chlorine, resulting from the decomposition of chloroform, yielded a compound without sulfur in the molecule412. 

Complete details for synthesis of ( + )- or ( —)-l from (IS)- or (1R)-10-camphor-sulfonic acid in 77% yield are now available. In general, this oxaziridine is less active than other N-sulfonyloxaziridines, but it is the preferred reagent for hydrox-ylation of lithium enolates of esters, amides, and ketones in 30-95% ee.1... 

Electrophilic amination with oxaziridines 91S327. A-Sulfonyloxaziridines as reagents in asymmetric hydroxylation of eno-lates 92CRV919. 

N-Sulfonyloxaziridines are an important class of selective, neutral, and aprotic oxidizing reagents.11 Enantiopure N-sulfonyloxaziridines have been used in the asymmetric hydroxylation of enolates to enantiomerically enriched a-hydroxy carbonyl compounds,9 11-13 the asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides,14 1S selenides to selenoxides,16 sulfenimines to sulfinimines,17 and the epoxidation of alkenes.18... 

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