Organic letters

Improved synthesis of tert-butanesulfinamide suitable for large-scale production

DJ Weix, JA Ellman

Index: Weix, Daniel J.; Ellman, Jonathan A. Organic Letters, 2003 , vol. 5, # 8 p. 1317 - 1320

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Abstract

An improved synthesis of tert-butanesulfinamide that overcomes the scalability problems of the previous syntheses is described. The key step is the catalytic asymmetric oxidation of the inexpensive di-tert-butyl disulfide starting material. The new homogeneous reaction ...