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Selective synthesis of enol ethers: Via nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of α-oxy-vinylsulfones with alkylzinc reagents
Gong, Liang,Zhang, Qian,Xie, Demeng,Zhang, Wei,Xu, Shi-Yang,Zhang, Xia,Niu, Dawen
supporting information, p. 12273 - 12276 (2021/11/30)
We describe here a Ni-catalyzed Negishi coupling reaction to prepare 1,2-dialkyl enol ethers in a stereoconvergent fashion. This method employs readily available and bench-stable α-oxy-vinylsulfones as electrophiles. The C-sulfone bond in the α-oxy-vinylsulfone motif is cleaved chemoselectively in these reactions. The mild conditions are tolerant of a variety of functional groups on both partners, thus representing a general strategy for enol ether synthesis. This unique reactivity of α-oxy-vinylsulfones indicates their further application as electrophilic partners in cross-coupling reactions.