Not to be confused with sulfonamide or sulfamide.
General structure of sulfinamides, showing both resonance forms

In organosulfur chemistry, sulfinamide is a functional group with the structure R−S(=O)−NR2 (where R = alkyl or aryl).[1] This functionality is composed of a sulfur-carbon (S−C) and sulfur-nitrogen (S−N) single bonds, as well as a sulfur-oxygen double bond (S=O), resulting in a tetravalent sulfur centre (in resonance with its zwitterionic form). As a non-bonding electron pair is also present on the sulfur, these compounds are also chiral. They are sometimes referred to as S-chiral sulfinamides. Sulfinamides are amides of sulfinic acid (R−S(O)OH).

Structure

Structure of Davis' sulfinamide (p-tolylsulfinamide), highlighting the pyramidal nature of the S center[2]

Sulfinamides do not undergo inversion. They can therefore be synthesised and/or isolated in enantiopure forms. This has led to their use as chiral ammonia equivalents and more broadly as chiral auxiliaries.

Synthesis

Sulfinamides are traditionally produced by the reaction of sulfinyl chlorides with primary or secondary amines.[1] They also arise by the addition of Grignard reagents to sulfinylamines, followed by protonation:

RMgX + R'N=S=O → RS(O)(NR'MgX)
RS(O)(NR'MgX) + H2O → RS(O)(NR'H) + "MgX(OH)"

Yet another route entails peracid-oxidation of sulfenylphthalimides, which gives sulfinylphthalimides.

Examples

A common sulfinamide is tert-butanesulfinamide (Ellman's sulfinamide), p-toluenesulfinamide (Davis' sulfinamide), and 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfinamide.[3][4][5]

Sulfinamides arise in nature by the addition of nitroxyl (HNO) to thiols:[6]

RSH + HNO → RS(O)NH2

References

  1. ^ a b J. G. Tillett (1981). "Sulphinamides". In Saul Patai (ed.). Sulphinic Acids, Esters and Derivatives. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 185–215. doi:10.1002/9780470772270.ch7. ISBN 978-0-471-91918-6.
  2. ^ Eccles, K. S.; Morrison, R. E.; Daly, C. A.; O'Mahony, G. E.; Maguire, A. R.; Lawrence, S. E. (2013). "Co-crystallisation Through Halogen Bonding with Racemic or Enantiopure Sulfinamides". CrystEngComm. 15 (37): 7571–7575. doi:10.1039/C3CE40932E.
  3. ^ Fanelli, D. L.; Szewczyk, J. M.; Zhang, Y.; Reddy, G. V.; Burns, D. M.; Davis, F. A. (2000). "SULFINIMINES (THIOOXIMINE S-OXIDES): ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF METHYL (R)-(+)-β-PHENYLALANATE FROM (S)-(+)-N-(BENZYLIDENE)-p-TOLUENESULFINAMIDE". Organic Syntheses. 77: 50{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link); Collected Volumes, vol. 10, p. 47.
  4. ^ Ruano, J. L.; Alemán, J.; Parra, A.; Cid, M. B. (2007). "PREPARATION OF N-p-TOLYLSULFONYL-(E)-1-PHENYLETHYLIDENEIMINE". Organic Syntheses. 84: 129{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link).
  5. ^ Ramachandar, T.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Franklin A. Davis (2006). "(S)-(+)-2,4,6-TRIMETHYLBENZENESULFINAMIDE". Organic Syntheses. 83: 131{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link).
  6. ^ Keceli, Gizem; Toscano, John P. (2014-06-10). "Reactivity of C-Terminal Cysteines with HNO". Biochemistry. 53 (22): 3689–3698. doi:10.1021/bi500360x. ISSN 0006-2960. PMID 24869490.
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