Organocatalytic Enantioselective Aminosulfenylation of α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes

Abstract

Domino theory: A simple, highly enantioselective organocatalytic aminosulfenylation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes affords orthogonally protected β-amino-α-mercaptoaldehydes in high yields and 93 to >99 % ee (see scheme, Bn=benzyl). Notably, the catalytic transformation shows that it is possible to efficiently employ all components of an electrophile, which includes a nucleofuge, in organocatalytic domino reactions of enals. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.