Volume 21, Issue 7 pp. 878-882
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Catalytic Asymmetric [2, 3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement of Sulfur Ylides Generated from Carbenoids and Allenic 2-Methylphenyl Sulfide

Xiao-Mei Zhang

Xiao-Mei Zhang

Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Ming Ma

Ming Ma

Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Jian-Bo Wang

Jian-Bo Wang

State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 32

Dedicated to Professor ZHOU Wei-Shan on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Abstract

The first investigation on catalytic asymmetric [2, 3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of sulfur ylides generated from carbenoids and allenic phenyl sulfide was carried out. Up to 55% ee value was obtained.

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