Recent Progress on the Synthesis of Chiral Sulfones

Chiral sulfones extensively exist in drugs, agricultural chemicals, chiral organic intermediates, and functional materials. Their importance causes the rapid development of their synthetic methods in recent years. Many transition metal complex catalysts with chiral ligands and chiral organocatalysts are adopted in synthesis of chiral sulfones. Most of the methods to construct chiral sulfones are based on the reduction of unsaturated sulfones and the introduction of sulfone groups into unsaturated hydrocarbons. This review describes all classes of asymmetric reactions for synthesis of chiral sulfones.

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Chiral sulfones are widely used in drugs, agricultural chemicals, chiral organic intermediates, and functional materials. The rapid development of synthetic methods for chiral sulfones in recent years is mainly attributed to the adoption of transition metal complex catalysts with chiral ligands and chiral organocatalysts.