Design synthesis and applications of chiral N-2-phenyl-2-propyl sulfinyl imines for Group-Assisted Purification (GAP) asymmetric synthesis

摘要

A new chiral (Rs)-2-phenyl-2-propyl sulfinamide has been designed and synthesized; its derived aldimines and ketimines have been applied for asymmetric addition reaction with allylmagnesium bromide. The reaction was conveniently performed at room temperature to give a series of homoallylic amines in high yields (up to quant) and diastereoselectivity (up to >99 % de). The pure products were obtained by relying on Group-Assisted Purification (GAP) chemistry to avoid traditional purification methods of column chromatography or recrystallization. The conversion of disulfide to (Rs)-thiosulfinate was also confirmed to be of the GAP chemistry in which washing crude product can generate pure enantiomer. The absolute stereochemistry has been determined by X-ray analysis.