Abstract
Most important examples of the application of the sulfinyl moiety as the crucial (essential) group both in chiral enantiomeric ligands/catalysts and in biologically active compounds are selected from the Authors’ works and briefly discussed.
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Acknowledgments
The Authors are deeply indebted to the researchers from the National Medicines Institute in Warsaw: K. Wiktorska, Z. Chilmonczyk, L. Mielczarek, M. Milczarek, K. Karwowska, and K. Lubelska, for investigations of the antitumor activity of the analogs of sulforaphane.