Accessing chiral sulfones bearing quaternary carbon stereocenters via photoinduced radical sulfur dioxide insertion and Truce–Smiles rearrangement

oleh: Jiapian Huang, Fei Liu, Ling-Hui Zeng, Shaoyu Li, Zhiyuan Chen, Jie Wu

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01

Deskripsi

The preparation of chiral sulfones featuring quaternary carbon stereocenters remains challenging. Here the authors report the synthesis of such compounds via a multicomponent reaction involving a photoinduced radical sulfur dioxide insertion followed by an asymmetric Truce–Smiles rearrangement.