Kui Zeng,Lang Chen,Yi Chen,Yongping Liu,Yongbo Zhou,Chak-Tong Au,Shuang-Feng Yin
The atom-economic and one-pot regio- and stereoselective addition of sodium arenesulfinates to either alkynes or alkenes can be achieved with an iron(III) chloride hexahydrate [FeCl 3 ⋅6 H 2 O] catalytic system to afford β-haloalkenyl and β-chloroalkyl sulfones in moderate to good yields.
The first asymmetric Mannich-type reaction of methyl isocyanoacetate with N -sulfonylimines catalyzed by cinchona alkaloid derivatives yielded 2-imidazolines with high diastereoselectivities and good enantioselectivities (up to >99:1 dr and 70% ee). This reaction provided a convenient route to access various substituted 2-imidazoline-4-carboxylates and related α,β-diamino acids in high enantiomeric purities.