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Synlett 2011(2): 287-288  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259277
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N-Sulfinyl Imines

Ping Song*
State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, ­Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, P. R. of China
e-Mail: zjli@njut.edu.cn;
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05 January 2011 (online)

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Introduction

N-Sulfinyl imines (sulfinimines) play an important role in asymmetric reactions. They display unique reactivity and stereoselectivity in the synthesis of amino group containing natural products and bioactive compounds. Furthermore, a wide variety of sulfinimines is efficiently prepared for many types of asymmetric reactions, and the chiral sulfinyl in the resultant product is easily removed under comparatively mild conditions. [¹]