Tetrahedron letters

Carbon versus sulfur addition of nucleophiles to sulfines: the case of amines

F Cerreta, C Leriverend, P Metzner

Index: Cerreta, Francesca; Leriverend, Catherine; Metzner, Patrick Tetrahedron Letters, 1993 , vol. 34, # 42 p. 6741 - 6742

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Reaction of dithioester sulfines 4 with amines leads to thioamides 5. Sulfine 7, obtained from (−)-thiocamphor, reacts with primary amines at room temperature to afford chiral imines 8. Carbophilic addition, instead of thiophilic addition, has thus been evidenced.