Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives

N-Sulfinylimino esters are a highly versatile class of compounds, they are already widely used within the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of chiral α-amines. This work further explores their use as versatile reagents for the synthesis of unnatural α-amino acid derivatives and novel cyc...

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Main Author: Goodrich, Oliver H.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/76823/
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description N-Sulfinylimino esters are a highly versatile class of compounds, they are already widely used within the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of chiral α-amines. This work further explores their use as versatile reagents for the synthesis of unnatural α-amino acid derivatives and novel cyclic sulfinamides. We investigated and expanded on the stereoselective synthesis of N-sulfinyl amines using an additive free radical 1,3-migration of N-sulfinylimino esters. This allowed the preparation of several tertiary alkyl α-amino esters via the hydrolysis of an N-sulfinyl amine intermediate. Investigations into this migration led to the development of a novel method for the gram-scale production of tert-leucine ethyl ester in one-step from an N-sulfinyl imino ester using mild conditions and an inexpensive Lewis acid catalyst. Building on previous literature we prepared 4 novel bicyclic sulfinamides in moderate yields using a Lewis acid mediated [3+2] cycloaddition between cycloalkenes and tert-butyl N-sulfinyl imino esters.
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spelling nottingham-768232025-02-28T15:19:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/76823/ Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives Goodrich, Oliver H. N-Sulfinylimino esters are a highly versatile class of compounds, they are already widely used within the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of chiral α-amines. This work further explores their use as versatile reagents for the synthesis of unnatural α-amino acid derivatives and novel cyclic sulfinamides. We investigated and expanded on the stereoselective synthesis of N-sulfinyl amines using an additive free radical 1,3-migration of N-sulfinylimino esters. This allowed the preparation of several tertiary alkyl α-amino esters via the hydrolysis of an N-sulfinyl amine intermediate. Investigations into this migration led to the development of a novel method for the gram-scale production of tert-leucine ethyl ester in one-step from an N-sulfinyl imino ester using mild conditions and an inexpensive Lewis acid catalyst. Building on previous literature we prepared 4 novel bicyclic sulfinamides in moderate yields using a Lewis acid mediated [3+2] cycloaddition between cycloalkenes and tert-butyl N-sulfinyl imino esters. 2023-12-12 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/76823/1/Thesis%20FINAL.pdf Goodrich, Oliver H. (2023) Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Sulfinimines Unnatural Amino Acids Sulfinamides
spellingShingle Sulfinimines
Unnatural Amino Acids
Sulfinamides
Goodrich, Oliver H.
Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives
title Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives
title_full Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives
title_fullStr Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives
title_full_unstemmed Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives
title_short Investigations into N-Sulfinyl Imino Esters as Versatile Reagents for the Synthesis of N-Sulfinyl Compounds and Unnatural α-Amino Acid Derivatives
title_sort investigations into n-sulfinyl imino esters as versatile reagents for the synthesis of n-sulfinyl compounds and unnatural α-amino acid derivatives
topic Sulfinimines
Unnatural Amino Acids
Sulfinamides
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/76823/