Enantioselective Nitrogen Transfer to Sulfides from Nitridomanganese(V) Complexes

We describe the facile preparation of novel, optically active nitridomanganese(V) complexes which serve as reagents for the electrophilic amination of sulfides. This amination method has several appealing features, including: i) the facile preparation of large quantities of the starting nitridomanganese reagent 3 , ii) the preparation of acylsulfilimines 2 in optically active form, and iii) the mild reaction conditions employed.