Chiral Thianthrenes

Michael Plater* (Corresponding Author), William TA Harrison

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Abstract

The absolute configuration and stability of two thianthrene chiral sulfoxides has been determined by means of X-ray single-crystal structure determinations. The analyses and configurations allow verification that the diastereomeric sulfoxides are stable in solution and are not interconverting, which has been suggested in some studies of sulfoxides. The two thianthrene sulfoxides have slightly different Rf values, which allowed their separation using flash chromatography on silica. The spots run back-to-back, which posed a challenge for their separation. The pure, separated compounds in solution remain as separate, single spots on a Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) plate.
Original languageEnglish
Article number4311
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume25
Issue number8
Early online date13 Apr 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Apr 2024

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgments: We thank the UK EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Service Centre for mass
spectrometric data and the UK National Crystallography Centre (University of Southampton) for the X-ray data collections. M. J. Plater performed all syntheses and obtained the characterisation data, and W. T. A. Harrison solved the crystallographic data sets. Data sets were obtained free of charge from the National Crystallography Centre, Southampton University.

Data Availability Statement

CCDC-2337820 and CCDC-2337821 contain the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge by emailing hello@ccdc.cam.ac.uk or by contacting The Cambridge Crystallography Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EZ, UK;
https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/ (accessed on 5 March 2024).

Keywords

  • thianthrene
  • dithiin
  • sulfoxide
  • chiral sulfoxide
  • configuration
  • diastereoisomer
  • Resolution

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