α-Alkylation of Chiral Sulfinimines for Constructing Quaternary Chiral Carbons by Introducing Removable Directing Groups

This study developed a facile and efficient synthetic strategy to construct quaternary chiral centers at the α-position of imines and ketones. High regioselectivity and diastereoselectivity were achieved through the synergetic effect of electron-withdrawing directing groups and N-tert-butyl sulfinamide as chiral auxiliaries. Either of them could be removed under the optimized conditions without any epimerization.