A series of 1,1-disubstituted taurines was synthesized expeditiously from ketones
via the Corey-Chaykovsky epoxidation with dimethylsulfonium methylide, episulfidation
with potassium sulfocyanate, ring-opening reaction with ammonia in the presence of
silver nitrate, followed by treatment with hydrogen sulfide and oxidation with performic
acid.
amino acid - aminoalkanesulfonic acid - epoxide - episulfide - ketone - synthesis
- taurine