Enantioselective Construction of Chiral Sulfides via Catalytic Electrophilic Azidothiolation and Oxythiolation of N-Allyl Sulfonamides

An efficient and convenient pathway was developed for enantioselective synthesis of chiral sulfides by chiral bifunctional selenide-catalyzed electrophilic azidothiolation and oxythiolation of N-allyl sulfonamides. By this protocol, a variety of chiral vicinal azidosulfides and oxysulfides were obtained in good yields with high enantioselectivities and diastereoselectivities. In this transformation, not only electrophilic arylthiolating reagents but also a wide range of electrophilic alkylthiolating reagents worked very well. The practical application of this method was elucidated by further transformations of the products into the diversified compounds.