Tetrahedron 2018-03-08

A dichotomy in the enantioselective oxidation of aryl benzyl sulfides: A combined experimental and computational work

Maria Annunziata M. Capozzi, Andrea Bottoni, Matteo Calvaresi, Cosimo Cardellicchio

Index: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.03.005

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Abstract

Pentafluorobenzyl pentafluorophenyl sulfide is oxidised with moderate e.e. value and a low yield by the usually highly successful oxidation protocol based upon tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) in the presence of a titanium/hydrobenzoin complex. This disappointing result resisted until the present work, in which the switch of the oxidation agent (from TBHP to cumene hydroperoxide), suggested by our previous computations, yielded the enantiopure sulfoxide. This valuable chiral compound was obtained in good yields (76%) without resorting to a chromatographic separation. DFT computations uncovered that this favourable reactivity was originated by a stabilizing π−π−stacking between the phenyl group of the oxidant and the pentafluorophenyl moiety of the substrate.

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