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SUBMITTER: Formica M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6124915 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Formica Michele M Sorin Geoffroy G Farley Alistair J M AJM Díaz Jesús J Paton Robert S RS Dixon Darren J DJ
Chemical science 20180723 34
The first enantioselective sulfa-Michael addition of alkyl thiols to alkenyl benzimidazoles, enabled by a bifunctional iminophosphorane (BIMP) organocatalyst, is described. The iminophosphorane moiety of the catalyst provides the required basicity to deprotonate the thiol nucleophile while the chiral scaffold and H-bond donor control facial selectivity. The reaction is broad in scope with respect to the thiol and benzimidazole reaction partners with the reaction proceeding in up to 98% yield and ...[more]