Alternative approach to the synthesis of optically active β-keto sulfoxides by furylhydroperoxides enantioselective oxidations

Abstract

Enantiomerically enriched β-keto sulfoxides are obtainable by an alternative method to the classical reaction of the enantiomerically pure α-sulfinyl anion with esters or by Andersen's synthesis, through Sharpless modified kinetic resolution of racemic β-keto sulfoxides. High e.e.s are achieved by combining asymmetric oxidation and kinetic resolution using furylhydroperoxides as oxidants.