SENSITIVE NATURE OF LIGAND COUPLING AND PSEUDOROTATION TO ELECTRONIC EFFECT OF SUBSTITUENT---LIGAND COUPLING IN THE REACTIONS OF BENZYLIC ARYL SULFOXIDES WITH BENZYLIC GRIGNARD REAGENTS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)80517-1

Unlike the reaction of benzylic 2-pyridyl sulfoxides with benzylic Grignard reagents, in the reaction of p-benzenesulfonylphenyl benzylic sulfoxides with benzylic Grignard reagents, benzylic groups bearing an electronwithdrawing group tends to couple with the aryl group preferentially.This change is considered to be due to a slight change of electronic environements which would effect on the ease of pseudorotation of the incipient ?-sulfurane formed during the reaction.