Expeditious and Practical Synthesis of Various Substituted Taurines from Amino Alcohols

Abstract

Various substituted taurines have been synthesized expeditiously and practically in satisfactory to good yields directly from amino alcohols using a two-step, one-pot procedure, in which the amino alcohols undergo sulfuric acid esterification and subsequent sodium sulfite substitution. Treatment of amino-substituted secondary alcohols using the same procedure gave 2-substituted or 1,2-di­substituted taurines, indicating the formation of aziridines as intermediates during the substitution step. This method is one of the most efficient routes for preparing structurally diverse 2-substituted and 1,2- and 2,2-disubstituted taurines.