A highly regioselective reaction of allylic acetates with silylated carbon nucleophiles directed by a sulfenyl group

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92157-9

(α-Sulfenylmethyl)allyl acetates reacted with sil]ylated carbon nucleophiles in the presence of a catalytic amount of a Lewis acid to give mainly α-adducts at the sulfenylmethyl group in moderate to good yields with high regioselectivity. The reaction may