A simple and convenient approach for highly enantioenriched 2-substituted 1,4-benzothiazin-3-ones was developed via the nucleophilic substitution of α-bromoacetates derived from either l-threonate or l-serinate using 2-aminothiophenol and a subsequent facile lactamization.
Key words
1,4-benzothiazin-3-one - carbon–sulfur bond formation - dynamic resolution - asymmetric synthesis - chiral auxiliaries - lactamization