2-Methylimidazole-1-(N-tert-octyl)sulfonimidoyl Fluoride : A Bench-Stable Alternative to SOF4 as Precursor to N,O-Substituted S(VI) Compounds

S(VI) compounds with multiple N or O substituents are often difficult to make and several crucial routes, such as multimodal SuFEx (Sulfur (VI) Fluoride Exchange) chemistry, rely on the highly useful but hazardous SOF4 gas. Safety issues and inaccessibility of SOF4 strongly hamper the developments of these organic compounds. Here we describe the synthesis and applications of 2-methylimidazole-1-(N-tert-octyl)sulfonimidoyl fluoride (ImSF), a novel bench-stable analogue of SOF4. ImSF is synthesized on a gram scale via a double fluorination of t-OctNSO. We show ImSF can undergo substitution reactions with phenols and amines, which lead to sulfurimidates and sulfuramidimidates, respectively, the intrinsically chiral analogous of medicinally relevant sulfates and sulfamates in which an S=O moiety is replaced by S=NR unit. Finally we demonstrate that such substitutions can occur enantiospecifically, providing the first entry to chiral sulfurimidates and sulfuramidimidates.

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Main Authors: Lional, Natassa, Miloserdov, Fedor M., Zuilhof, Han
Format: Article/Letter to editor biblioteca
Language:English
Subjects:SOF, SuFEx, Sulfur (VI), sulfuramidimidates, sulfurimidates,
Online Access:https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/2-methylimidazole-1-n-tert-octylsulfonimidoyl-fluoride-a-bench-st
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