Accessing chiral sulfones with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter <i>via</i> photoinduced asymmetric Truce–Smiles rearrangement and radical sulfur dioxide insertion
Chenxin Wang, Wei Xiao, Jie Wu
Abstract
A photoinduced asymmetric Truce–Smiles rearrangement to access chiral sulfones with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter through radical sulfur dioxide insertion is developed.
Topics & Concepts
StereocenterChemistrySmiles rearrangementSulfurQuaternaryCarbon dioxidePhotochemistryStereochemistryEnantioselective synthesisOrganic chemistryCatalysisPaleontologyBiologySulfur-Based Synthesis TechniquesSynthesis and Catalytic ReactionsPhenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities