Synthesis 2019; 51(23): 4417-4416
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690034
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Photochemical Deracemization of Chiral Sulfoxides Catalyzed by a Hydrogen-Bonding Xanthone Sensitizer

Laura Wimberger
,
Thilo Kratz
,
Thorsten Bach
Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center (CRC), Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany   Email: thorsten.bach@ch.tum.de
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This project was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ba 1372-24/1) and by the TUM Graduate School.
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Received: 18 October 2019

Accepted: 21 October 2019

Publication Date:
04 November 2019 (online)


In memory of Dieter Enders

Abstract

Several chiral sulfoxides with a lactam hydrogen-bonding site were prepared and their photochemical behavior was studied in the presence of xanthone and thioxanthone sensitizers. While acyclic sulfoxides showed only decomposition, chiral benzothiazinone-1-oxides with a stereogenic sulfur atom underwent a stereomutation upon irradiation at λ = 366 nm in the presence of catalytic quantities of a xanthone sensitizer. A chiral xanthone with a 1,5,7-trimethyl-3-azabicyclo-[3.3.1]nonan-2-one backbone was employed in catalytic quantities (5 mol%) to achieve a deracemization reaction of racemic benzothiazinone-1-oxides in acetonitrile solution. Five substrates could be successfully deracemized in good yields and with up to 55% ee.

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