Transformations of 2-alkylidene-4-oxothiazolidine vinyl bromides initiated by bromophilic attack of neutral and anionic nucleophiles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2010.06.057

Vinyl bromides derived from 2-alkylidene-4-oxothiazolidines represent a class of vinyl halides, which readily undergo a bromophilic attack by a range of nucleophiles. With Ph₃P, AcS^-, CN^-, I ^-, F^-, Ac