Adventures in sulfur-nitrogen chemistry

A review of the efforts made since 1975 to understand the chemistry of a select group of sulfur-nitrogen compounds including sulfinimines and N-sulfonyloxaziridines is presented. It is observed that the exploration of sulfenamides led to the discovery of sulfenimines and sulfinimines and, ultimatley, to the invention of N-sulfonyloxaziridines and enantiopure sulfinimines.