. (2014) Isolation of stable non cyclic 1,2-disulfoxides: revisiting the thermolysis of S-aryl sulfinimines. Chemical Communications, 50 (84). pp.
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First published on 1st September 2014The thermolysis of S-aryl sulfinimines is shown to generate 1,2-disulfoxides and disulfides via initial Cope elimination, dimerisation of the produced sulfenic acid to a thiosulfinate, and subsequent disproportionation of the thiosulfinate.The nitrogen-carbon double bond (imine group) is a versatile moiety in synthetic organic chemistry, which is able to act as an electrophile, nucleophile or in concerted cycloadditions. Chiral sulfinimines have come to the fore as one of the most useful imine derivatives. Introduced over 20 years ago, 1 they have found extensive use both in academia and industry. Their practicality is conferred by the electron-withdrawing nature of the chiral sulfinyl group that is also able to dictate the stereochemical outcome of transformations, such as the asymmetric synthesis of α-branched amines, allylic, homoallylic and propargylic amines, tertiary carbinamates, highly substituted aminoacids, 1,2 aminoalcohols, 1,2 and 1,3 diamines, and aziridines among others. 2 Herein we report a surprising thermal degradation of sulfinimines, which may have implications for those working with certain types of sulfinimine, for example in pharmaceutical manufacture.As part of a study to extend the scope of reactivity of sulfinimine derivatives, and due to our on-going interest in the synthesis of heterocycles, 3 we started an investigation into the hetero Diels-Alder reaction 4 between crotonsulfinimine 1aa and an equimolar amount of ethyl vinyl ether as dienophile. Our attempts to perform the desired transformation were unsuccessful; however, two unexpe...