organic compounds
(1R,2S,5R)-(–)-Menthyl (S)-2-(methoxycarbonyl)benzenesulfinate
aChemistry Department, Menarini Ricerche S.p.A., Via dei Sette Santi 3, I-50131 Firenze, Italy, bICS, Université de Strasbourg, France, and cDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, University of Firenze, Via S. Marta 3, I-50139 Firenze, Italy
*Correspondence e-mail: paolapaoli@unifi.it
In the title chiral sulfinic acid ester, C18H26O4S, the cyclohexane ring of the menthyl fragment adopts a chair conformation. The molecular shape is defined by the dihedral angle of 47.87 (8)° between the mean planes of the cyclohexane and benzene rings. In the crystal, molecules related by the screw axis are connected into chains along [010] by weak Car—H⋯O=S contacts.
Related literature
For the synthesis of the title compound, see: Klunder & Sharpless (1987) and of chiral see: Drabowicz et al. (1982); Solladié et al. (1987). For applications of menthol in synthetic chemistry, see Oertling et al. (2007). For structural studies of analogous chiral sulfinic acid see: Mariz et al. (2010); Heinemann et al. (2007); Cherkaoui & Nicoud (1995).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2006); cell CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2006); data reduction: CrysAlis RED; program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: PARST (Nardelli, 1995).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813009112/yk2089sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813009112/yk2089Isup2.hkl
Supporting information file. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813009112/yk2089Isup3.cml
For the synthesis of the title compound, see: Klunder & Sharpless (1987). Crystals of the title compound suitable for single-crystal X-ray
were obtained by slow evaporation from a diethyl ether solution of the sulfinate ester.All the H atoms were positioned with idealized geometry using a riding model and refined with Uiso(H) 1.2 times Ueq(C) (1.5 for methyl H atoms).
As a result of the trigonal pyramidal stereochemistry which characterizes the sulfur atom in organic sulfinic acid
and bearing two different substituents, these species are chiral. Chiral are key intermediates for and can be obtained from the reaction of an organometallic reagent (e.g. a Grignard reagent) with a diastereomerically pure sulfinate ester of menthol (Drabowicz et al., 1982). On the other hand, menthyl sulfinates can be prepared by reaction of menthol (Oertling et al., 2007) either with sodium sulfinates (Solladié et al., 1987) or with a sulfonyl chloride in the presence of trimethylphosphite as in situ reducing agent (Klunder & Sharpless, 1987). We used the latter method to prepare the chiral sulfinic acid ester, (1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthyl (S)-2-carbomethoxybenzenesulfinate, here reported. The overall molecular shape of the title compound depends on the dihedral angle formed between the mean plane defined by the ring atoms of the menthyl and of the phenyl groupings (132.13°(8)). Bond distances and angles about the sulfur atom, as well as the orientation of the isopropyl chain with respect to the menthyl ring are in keeping with those already reported for this molecular fragment (Heinemann et al., 2007; Mariz et al., 2010; Cherkaoui & Nicoud, 1995). In the crystal, molecules are connected via weak Car—H···O contacts involving the double bonded oxygen atom of the sulfinate group as acceptor. The resulting molecular chain propagates along the b axis direction around the screw axis.For the synthesis of the title compound, see: Klunder & Sharpless (1987) and of chiral
see: Drabowicz et al. (1982); Solladié et al. (1987). For applications of menthol in synthetic chemistry, see Oertling et al. (2007). For structural studies of analogous chiral sulfinic acid see: Mariz et al. (2010); Heinemann et al. (2007); Cherkaoui & Nicoud (1995).Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2006); cell
CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2006); data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2006); program(s) used to solve structure: SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012); software used to prepare material for publication: PARST (Nardelli, 1995).C18H26O4S | F(000) = 364 |
Mr = 338.45 | Dx = 1.233 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.5418 Å |
a = 9.7918 (2) Å | Cell parameters from 3618 reflections |
b = 9.3938 (2) Å | θ = 4.5–64.6° |
c = 10.6998 (2) Å | µ = 1.72 mm−1 |
β = 112.176 (2)° | T = 150 K |
V = 911.39 (3) Å3 | Platelet, colourless |
Z = 2 | 0.26 × 0.22 × 0.08 mm |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur PX diffractometer | 2354 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Enhance (Cu) X-ray Source | 2115 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.021 |
Detector resolution: 8.1241 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 64.8°, θmin = 4.5° |
ω scans | h = −11→10 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2006) | k = −10→8 |
Tmin = 0.660, Tmax = 0.872 | l = −11→12 |
4681 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.031 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.078 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0533P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.07 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2354 reflections | Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3 |
209 parameters | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
1 restraint | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 767 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: 0.038 (18) |
C18H26O4S | V = 911.39 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 338.45 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 9.7918 (2) Å | µ = 1.72 mm−1 |
b = 9.3938 (2) Å | T = 150 K |
c = 10.6998 (2) Å | 0.26 × 0.22 × 0.08 mm |
β = 112.176 (2)° |
Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur PX diffractometer | 2354 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2006) | 2115 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.660, Tmax = 0.872 | Rint = 0.021 |
4681 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.031 | H-atom parameters constrained |
wR(F2) = 0.078 | Δρmax = 0.15 e Å−3 |
S = 1.07 | Δρmin = −0.22 e Å−3 |
2354 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 767 Friedel pairs |
209 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: 0.038 (18) |
1 restraint |
Geometry. All s.u.'s (except the s.u. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell s.u.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of s.u.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between s.u.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell s.u.'s is used for estimating s.u.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > 2σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
S1 | 0.13357 (6) | 0.36878 (7) | 0.29567 (5) | 0.02816 (16) | |
O1 | −0.12928 (17) | 0.2413 (2) | 0.29271 (17) | 0.0370 (5) | |
O2 | −0.14622 (19) | 0.0826 (2) | 0.44178 (18) | 0.0456 (5) | |
O3 | 0.10664 (16) | 0.26365 (17) | 0.16750 (14) | 0.0276 (4) | |
O4 | 0.27015 (18) | 0.4479 (2) | 0.31899 (17) | 0.0393 (5) | |
C1 | 0.1889 (2) | 0.2232 (3) | 0.4157 (2) | 0.0276 (6) | |
C2 | 0.0910 (3) | 0.1423 (3) | 0.4543 (2) | 0.0278 (5) | |
C3 | 0.1479 (3) | 0.0401 (3) | 0.5550 (2) | 0.0351 (6) | |
H3 | 0.0830 | −0.0130 | 0.5844 | 0.042* | |
C4 | 0.2987 (3) | 0.0150 (3) | 0.6128 (2) | 0.0401 (7) | |
H4 | 0.3364 | −0.0556 | 0.6808 | 0.048* | |
C5 | 0.3939 (3) | 0.0927 (3) | 0.5715 (2) | 0.0417 (7) | |
H5 | 0.4969 | 0.0741 | 0.6096 | 0.050* | |
C6 | 0.3395 (3) | 0.1976 (3) | 0.4747 (2) | 0.0350 (6) | |
H6 | 0.4056 | 0.2526 | 0.4484 | 0.042* | |
C7 | −0.0714 (2) | 0.1625 (3) | 0.3865 (2) | 0.0288 (5) | |
C8 | −0.3054 (3) | 0.0939 (4) | 0.3802 (3) | 0.0586 (9) | |
H8A | −0.3501 | 0.0279 | 0.4248 | 0.088* | |
H8B | −0.3386 | 0.0700 | 0.2842 | 0.088* | |
H8C | −0.3353 | 0.1915 | 0.3901 | 0.088* | |
C9 | 0.0431 (2) | 0.3366 (2) | 0.03670 (19) | 0.0252 (5) | |
H9 | 0.0707 | 0.4396 | 0.0496 | 0.030* | |
C10 | 0.1105 (3) | 0.2704 (3) | −0.0566 (2) | 0.0322 (6) | |
H10 | 0.0819 | 0.1676 | −0.0660 | 0.039* | |
C11 | 0.0369 (3) | 0.3372 (3) | −0.1967 (2) | 0.0404 (7) | |
H11A | 0.0642 | 0.4391 | −0.1920 | 0.048* | |
H11B | 0.0742 | 0.2898 | −0.2602 | 0.048* | |
C12 | −0.1312 (3) | 0.3239 (3) | −0.2505 (2) | 0.0439 (7) | |
H12A | −0.1740 | 0.3709 | −0.3397 | 0.053* | |
H12B | −0.1588 | 0.2220 | −0.2628 | 0.053* | |
C13 | −0.1943 (3) | 0.3903 (3) | −0.1564 (2) | 0.0377 (7) | |
H13 | −0.1691 | 0.4939 | −0.1486 | 0.045* | |
C14 | −0.1233 (2) | 0.3239 (3) | −0.0165 (2) | 0.0333 (6) | |
H14A | −0.1609 | 0.3721 | 0.0464 | 0.040* | |
H14B | −0.1511 | 0.2222 | −0.0210 | 0.040* | |
C15 | −0.3628 (3) | 0.3767 (5) | −0.2088 (3) | 0.0574 (8) | |
H15A | −0.3992 | 0.4212 | −0.1445 | 0.086* | |
H15B | −0.3903 | 0.2757 | −0.2188 | 0.086* | |
H15C | −0.4067 | 0.4242 | −0.2964 | 0.086* | |
C16 | 0.2812 (3) | 0.2752 (3) | 0.0022 (3) | 0.0397 (7) | |
H16 | 0.3151 | 0.2284 | 0.0928 | 0.048* | |
C17 | 0.3439 (3) | 0.4256 (3) | 0.0237 (3) | 0.0487 (8) | |
H17A | 0.3020 | 0.4796 | 0.0791 | 0.073* | |
H17B | 0.3188 | 0.4728 | −0.0639 | 0.073* | |
H17C | 0.4514 | 0.4214 | 0.0697 | 0.073* | |
C18 | 0.3433 (4) | 0.1894 (4) | −0.0842 (3) | 0.0599 (9) | |
H18A | 0.3017 | 0.0932 | −0.0970 | 0.090* | |
H18B | 0.4509 | 0.1839 | −0.0393 | 0.090* | |
H18C | 0.3176 | 0.2358 | −0.1722 | 0.090* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.0300 (3) | 0.0257 (3) | 0.0306 (3) | −0.0036 (3) | 0.0135 (2) | −0.0045 (3) |
O1 | 0.0298 (9) | 0.0443 (12) | 0.0374 (9) | 0.0010 (8) | 0.0133 (8) | 0.0100 (9) |
O2 | 0.0312 (9) | 0.0591 (14) | 0.0451 (10) | −0.0078 (9) | 0.0127 (9) | 0.0180 (10) |
O3 | 0.0333 (8) | 0.0240 (9) | 0.0245 (8) | 0.0019 (7) | 0.0099 (7) | −0.0007 (7) |
O4 | 0.0361 (9) | 0.0407 (11) | 0.0410 (9) | −0.0146 (9) | 0.0144 (8) | −0.0045 (9) |
C1 | 0.0289 (12) | 0.0302 (15) | 0.0209 (11) | −0.0024 (11) | 0.0065 (10) | −0.0045 (10) |
C2 | 0.0302 (12) | 0.0306 (15) | 0.0225 (11) | 0.0002 (11) | 0.0097 (9) | −0.0035 (10) |
C3 | 0.0395 (14) | 0.0363 (16) | 0.0276 (12) | −0.0029 (12) | 0.0104 (12) | −0.0004 (12) |
C4 | 0.0456 (16) | 0.0387 (18) | 0.0291 (13) | 0.0101 (13) | 0.0062 (13) | 0.0005 (12) |
C5 | 0.0318 (14) | 0.0530 (19) | 0.0331 (13) | 0.0105 (13) | 0.0040 (12) | −0.0082 (14) |
C6 | 0.0303 (13) | 0.0414 (17) | 0.0332 (13) | 0.0015 (12) | 0.0119 (11) | −0.0065 (12) |
C7 | 0.0310 (13) | 0.0292 (15) | 0.0279 (12) | −0.0023 (11) | 0.0131 (11) | −0.0033 (12) |
C8 | 0.0299 (14) | 0.083 (3) | 0.0579 (18) | −0.0111 (16) | 0.0109 (14) | 0.0230 (18) |
C9 | 0.0300 (11) | 0.0190 (15) | 0.0264 (11) | −0.0018 (10) | 0.0102 (9) | 0.0021 (10) |
C10 | 0.0383 (13) | 0.0275 (15) | 0.0333 (12) | −0.0012 (12) | 0.0163 (11) | 0.0009 (11) |
C11 | 0.0554 (16) | 0.038 (2) | 0.0332 (12) | −0.0040 (13) | 0.0226 (12) | 0.0031 (12) |
C12 | 0.0538 (16) | 0.0390 (18) | 0.0301 (12) | −0.0056 (13) | 0.0058 (11) | 0.0043 (12) |
C13 | 0.0370 (13) | 0.0301 (18) | 0.0368 (12) | −0.0022 (12) | 0.0034 (11) | 0.0035 (13) |
C14 | 0.0284 (12) | 0.0338 (17) | 0.0352 (12) | −0.0003 (11) | 0.0092 (10) | 0.0000 (11) |
C15 | 0.0369 (13) | 0.068 (2) | 0.0492 (15) | −0.0022 (17) | −0.0037 (12) | 0.0096 (18) |
C16 | 0.0421 (15) | 0.0395 (18) | 0.0469 (15) | 0.0020 (13) | 0.0275 (12) | 0.0043 (14) |
C17 | 0.0396 (15) | 0.053 (2) | 0.0575 (18) | −0.0113 (14) | 0.0229 (14) | −0.0056 (15) |
C18 | 0.065 (2) | 0.056 (2) | 0.076 (2) | 0.0083 (18) | 0.0462 (17) | −0.0065 (19) |
S1—O4 | 1.4669 (17) | C10—C16 | 1.548 (3) |
S1—O3 | 1.6287 (16) | C10—H10 | 1.0000 |
S1—C1 | 1.813 (2) | C11—C12 | 1.530 (3) |
O1—C7 | 1.203 (3) | C11—H11A | 0.9900 |
O2—C7 | 1.333 (3) | C11—H11B | 0.9900 |
O2—C8 | 1.449 (3) | C12—C13 | 1.501 (4) |
O3—C9 | 1.469 (2) | C12—H12A | 0.9900 |
C1—C6 | 1.388 (3) | C12—H12B | 0.9900 |
C1—C2 | 1.403 (3) | C13—C14 | 1.525 (3) |
C2—C3 | 1.392 (4) | C13—C15 | 1.535 (3) |
C2—C7 | 1.490 (3) | C13—H13 | 1.0000 |
C3—C4 | 1.389 (4) | C14—H14A | 0.9900 |
C3—H3 | 0.9500 | C14—H14B | 0.9900 |
C4—C5 | 1.382 (4) | C15—H15A | 0.9800 |
C4—H4 | 0.9500 | C15—H15B | 0.9800 |
C5—C6 | 1.382 (4) | C15—H15C | 0.9800 |
C5—H5 | 0.9500 | C16—C18 | 1.517 (4) |
C6—H6 | 0.9500 | C16—C17 | 1.524 (4) |
C8—H8A | 0.9800 | C16—H16 | 1.0000 |
C8—H8B | 0.9800 | C17—H17A | 0.9800 |
C8—H8C | 0.9800 | C17—H17B | 0.9800 |
C9—C14 | 1.514 (3) | C17—H17C | 0.9800 |
C9—C10 | 1.522 (3) | C18—H18A | 0.9800 |
C9—H9 | 1.0000 | C18—H18B | 0.9800 |
C10—C11 | 1.532 (3) | C18—H18C | 0.9800 |
O4—S1—O3 | 107.34 (9) | C10—C11—H11A | 109.2 |
O4—S1—C1 | 104.61 (10) | C12—C11—H11B | 109.2 |
O3—S1—C1 | 92.81 (9) | C10—C11—H11B | 109.2 |
C7—O2—C8 | 115.7 (2) | H11A—C11—H11B | 107.9 |
C9—O3—S1 | 113.26 (13) | C13—C12—C11 | 111.8 (2) |
C6—C1—C2 | 119.9 (2) | C13—C12—H12A | 109.3 |
C6—C1—S1 | 115.80 (19) | C11—C12—H12A | 109.3 |
C2—C1—S1 | 124.25 (17) | C13—C12—H12B | 109.3 |
C3—C2—C1 | 118.9 (2) | C11—C12—H12B | 109.3 |
C3—C2—C7 | 120.4 (2) | H12A—C12—H12B | 107.9 |
C1—C2—C7 | 120.7 (2) | C12—C13—C14 | 109.7 (2) |
C4—C3—C2 | 120.6 (2) | C12—C13—C15 | 112.2 (2) |
C4—C3—H3 | 119.7 | C14—C13—C15 | 110.7 (2) |
C2—C3—H3 | 119.7 | C12—C13—H13 | 108.0 |
C5—C4—C3 | 120.0 (3) | C14—C13—H13 | 108.0 |
C5—C4—H4 | 120.0 | C15—C13—H13 | 108.0 |
C3—C4—H4 | 120.0 | C9—C14—C13 | 111.34 (19) |
C4—C5—C6 | 120.0 (2) | C9—C14—H14A | 109.4 |
C4—C5—H5 | 120.0 | C13—C14—H14A | 109.4 |
C6—C5—H5 | 120.0 | C9—C14—H14B | 109.4 |
C5—C6—C1 | 120.5 (2) | C13—C14—H14B | 109.4 |
C5—C6—H6 | 119.8 | H14A—C14—H14B | 108.0 |
C1—C6—H6 | 119.8 | C13—C15—H15A | 109.5 |
O1—C7—O2 | 123.5 (2) | C13—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
O1—C7—C2 | 124.4 (2) | H15A—C15—H15B | 109.5 |
O2—C7—C2 | 112.1 (2) | C13—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
O2—C8—H8A | 109.5 | H15A—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
O2—C8—H8B | 109.5 | H15B—C15—H15C | 109.5 |
H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 | C18—C16—C17 | 110.6 (2) |
O2—C8—H8C | 109.5 | C18—C16—C10 | 110.9 (2) |
H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 | C17—C16—C10 | 113.6 (2) |
H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 | C18—C16—H16 | 107.1 |
O3—C9—C14 | 109.29 (17) | C17—C16—H16 | 107.1 |
O3—C9—C10 | 107.54 (18) | C10—C16—H16 | 107.1 |
C14—C9—C10 | 113.12 (18) | C16—C17—H17A | 109.5 |
O3—C9—H9 | 108.9 | C16—C17—H17B | 109.5 |
C14—C9—H9 | 108.9 | H17A—C17—H17B | 109.5 |
C10—C9—H9 | 108.9 | C16—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
C9—C10—C11 | 108.34 (19) | H17A—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
C9—C10—C16 | 112.98 (19) | H17B—C17—H17C | 109.5 |
C11—C10—C16 | 115.0 (2) | C16—C18—H18A | 109.5 |
C9—C10—H10 | 106.7 | C16—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
C11—C10—H10 | 106.7 | H18A—C18—H18B | 109.5 |
C16—C10—H10 | 106.7 | C16—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
C12—C11—C10 | 112.09 (19) | H18A—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
C12—C11—H11A | 109.2 | H18B—C18—H18C | 109.5 |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C5—H5···O4i | 0.95 | 2.42 | 3.337 (3) | 161 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C18H26O4S |
Mr | 338.45 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 150 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.7918 (2), 9.3938 (2), 10.6998 (2) |
β (°) | 112.176 (2) |
V (Å3) | 911.39 (3) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 1.72 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.26 × 0.22 × 0.08 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Oxford Diffraction Xcalibur PX |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (CrysAlis RED; Oxford Diffraction, 2006) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.660, 0.872 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 4681, 2354, 2115 |
Rint | 0.021 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.587 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.031, 0.078, 1.07 |
No. of reflections | 2354 |
No. of parameters | 209 |
No. of restraints | 1 |
H-atom treatment | H-atom parameters constrained |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.15, −0.22 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 767 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | 0.038 (18) |
Computer programs: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2006), CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2006), SIR97 (Altomare et al., 1999), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), ORTEP-3 for Windows (Farrugia, 2012), PARST (Nardelli, 1995).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C5—H5···O4i | 0.950 | 2.424 | 3.337 (3) | 161 |
Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the CRIST (Centro di Cristallografia Strutturale, University of Firenze), where the data collection was performed.
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As a result of the trigonal pyramidal stereochemistry which characterizes the sulfur atom in organic sulfinic acid esters and sulfoxides bearing two different substituents, these species are chiral. Chiral sulfoxides are key intermediates for asymmetric synthesis and can be obtained from the reaction of an organometallic reagent (e.g. a Grignard reagent) with a diastereomerically pure sulfinate ester of menthol (Drabowicz et al., 1982). On the other hand, menthyl sulfinates can be prepared by reaction of menthol (Oertling et al., 2007) either with sodium sulfinates (Solladié et al., 1987) or with a sulfonyl chloride in the presence of trimethylphosphite as in situ reducing agent (Klunder & Sharpless, 1987). We used the latter method to prepare the chiral sulfinic acid ester, (1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthyl (S)-2-carbomethoxybenzenesulfinate, here reported. The overall molecular shape of the title compound depends on the dihedral angle formed between the mean plane defined by the ring atoms of the menthyl and of the phenyl groupings (132.13°(8)). Bond distances and angles about the sulfur atom, as well as the orientation of the isopropyl chain with respect to the menthyl ring are in keeping with those already reported for this molecular fragment (Heinemann et al., 2007; Mariz et al., 2010; Cherkaoui & Nicoud, 1995). In the crystal, molecules are connected via weak Car—H···O contacts involving the double bonded oxygen atom of the sulfinate group as acceptor. The resulting molecular chain propagates along the b axis direction around the screw axis.