Methylation of the enantiopure functionalized vinyl sulfoximines
5a-e and
14a-d followed by aF
- ion or DBU-mediated isomerization of the vinyl aminosulfoxonium salts
7a-e and
15a-d, respectively,
gave the allyl aminosulfoxonium salts
10a-e and
17a-d, respectively. A concomitant intramolecularsubstitution of the aminosulfoxonium
group of
10a-e and
17a-d by the amino
group afforded theunsaturated prolines
8a-e and
18a-d, respectively. The startin
g vinyl sulfoximines are accessible throu
gha hi
ghly selective and stereo-complementary aminoalkylation of the correspondin
g sulfonimidoyl-substitutedmono- and bis(allyl)titanium complexes with the imino ester
4. The vinyl aminosulfoxonium salts
34,
7a-d,and
E-
15c experienced upon treatment with the Cl
- ion a mi
gratory substitution with formation of the
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36,
E/Z-
37a-d, and
38, respectively. A mi
gratory substitution of the hydroxy-substituted vinyl aminosulfoxonium salts
46a and
46b furnished the
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E/Z-
48a and
E-
48b, respectively. A facile one-pot conversion of the vinyl sulfoximines
31b,
5c and
45a to the allyl chlorides
36,
E/Z-
37c and
E/Z-
48a, respectively, was achieved upon treatment with a chloroformiate. A tandemcyclization of the vinyl aminosulfoxonium salts
7b, Al-
7b and
57 with LiN(H)
tBu yielded the cyclopentanoidketo aminosulfoxonium ylides
54, Al-
54,
59,
60 and
61, respectively. The structure of the tricyclic ketoaminosulfoxonium ylide Al-
54 has been determined by X-ray crystal structure analysis. Ab initio calculationsand a NBO analysis of the tricyclic keto aminosulfoxonium ylide
XXIII show a polar structure stabilized byelectrostatic interactions between the ylidic C atom and both the carbonyl C atom and the S atom.