A palladium-catalyzed tandem cyclization reaction was developed, which offers a pragmatic
synthesis of aminated tetracyclic 1,2-benzothiazepine 1-oxides bearing a highly fused
medium-sized cyclic unit. An acetyl (Ac) group was found to be the optimal protecting
group for sulfoximines to reduce the nucleophilic ability of the N atom, thus efficiently
suppressing the formation of intramolecular 5-exo-dig cyclization side products. The transformation proceeds through a double syn-carbopalladation/annulation sequence to construct the rigid tetracyclic carbo-heterocyclic
framework with excellent chemoselectivity and regioselectivity.
Key words
palladium catalysis - carbopalladation - cascade reaction - polyheterocycles - 1,2-benzothiazepine
1-oxides - sulfoximines