Silver-catalyzed imination of sulfoxides and sulfides.

[reaction: see text] Silver salts in the presence of a chelating ligand efficiently catalyze the stereospecific imination of sulfoxides and sulfides with sulfonylamides and PhI(OAc)(2) to afford sulfoximines and sulfilimines, respectively, in good yields.

Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of sulfoximines.

[reaction: see text] Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of N-benzoyl sulfoximine ethyl ester with various aryl bromides leads to alpha-arylated products that can easily be hydrolyzed, giving the corresponding N-protected benzyl phenyl sulfoximines. In this manner, new sulfoximine derivatives are accessible that have so far been difficult to prepare in enantiopure form.

Synthesis and palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of enantiopure p-bromophenyl methyl sulfoximine.

[reaction: see text] The asymmetric synthesis and chemical modification of p-bromophenyl methyl sulfoximine (2) is described. Starting from p-bromophenyl menthyl sulfinate (5), enantiopure 2 can be obtained in a short reaction sequence involving a well-established substitution reaction followed by stereospecific imination with O-mesitylenesulfonylhydroxylamine (MSH). Palladium-catalyzed Buchwald/Hartwig, Suzuki, and Stille coupling reactions allow a broad variation of the sulfoximine aryl group, which is otherwise difficult to achieve.

Copper-mediated cross-coupling reactions of N-unsubstituted sulfoximines and aryl halides.

[reaction: see text] Copper-mediated cross-coupling reactions of sulfoximines with aryl iodides and aryl bromides provide N-arylated sulfoximines in high yields. The method is complementary to the known palladium-catalyzed N-arylation and allows the preparation of N-arylated sulfoximines, which have previously been inaccessible.