K. Hashimoto et al., ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF A XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR (S)-(-)-BOF-4272 - MECHANISM OF CHIRAL DIARYL SULFOXIDE FORMATION, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 120, 1997, pp. 305-315
A pyrazolotriazine derivative (BOF-4272), a potent xanthine dehydrogen
ase inhibitor, was synthesized in good yield via 9 steps from vanillin
. The asymmetric synthesis was achieved effectively by a modified Oae'
s asymmetric oxidation of diaryl sulfide. A mechanism involving pentac
oordinated sulfurane intermediates was supported by the molecular mode
ling.