HOMOLYTIC DISPLACEMENT AT CARBON. X. TOLUENESULPHONYL IODIDE AS A SOURCE OF TOLUENESULPHONYL RADICALS FOR THE FORMATION OF ALLYL-, BENZYL-, CYCLOPROPYLCARBINYL-, SPIROCYCLOPROPYLCYCLOALKYL-, BICYCLOALKYL-, AND BICYCLOALKYL-4-TOLYLSULPHONES FROM ORGANOCOBALOXIMES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)87417-9

4-Toluenesulphonyl iodide reacts thermally at alkylsulphone.Spiro- and bicyclo-alkyl compounds are also formed with other free radical precursors.The reactions are believed to take place through a chain mechanism in which cobaloxime(II), present adventitiously or formed by partial homolysis of the substrate, abstracts iodine from the toluenesulphonyl iodide to give the toluenesulphonyl radical, which attacks the organic ligand of the cobaloxime, preferably at the terminal olefinic carbon, thereby displacing cobaloxime(II) and giving the observed organic product.