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Safe and Metal-Free Synthesis of 1-Alkenyl Aryl Sulfides and Their Sulfones from Thiiranes and Diaryliodonium Salts
Dong, Jun,Xu, Jiaxi
supporting information, p. 2407 - 2415 (2018/04/16)
A series of 1-alkenyl aryl sulfides was synthesized from thiiranes and diaryliodonium salts in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of potassium tert -butoxide. The proposed reaction mechanism involves generation of benzynes from the diaryliodonium salts in the presence of the base. Then, nucleophilic attack of the benzynes by thiiranes, followed by hydrogen abstraction and ring opening of the generated thiiranium intermediates, provides the sulfides. These sulfides were further oxidized with performic acid to the corresponding sulfones. The current method provides a metal-free and safe method for the preparation of 1-alkenyl aryl sulfides and their sulfones.
Fundamental Difference in Reductive Lithiations with Preformed Radical Anions versus Catalytic Aromatic Electron-Transfer Agents: N,N-Dimethylaniline as an Advantageous Catalyst
Kennedy, Nicole,Liu, Peng,Cohen, Theodore
supporting information, p. 383 - 386 (2016/01/25)
The reductive lithiation of phenyl thioethers, or alkyl chlorides, by either preformed aromatic radical anions or by lithium metal and an aromatic electron-transfer catalyst, is commonly used to prepare organolithiums. Revealed herein is that these two methods are fundamentally different. Reductions with radical anions occur in solution, whereas the catalytic reaction occurs on the surface of lithium, which is constantly reactivated by the catalyst, an unconventional catalyst function. The order of relative reactivity is reversed in the two methods as the dominating factor switches from electronic to steric effects of the alkyl substituent. A catalytic amount of N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA) and Li ribbon can achieve reductive lithiation. DMA is significantly cheaper than alternative catalysts, and conveniently, the Li ribbon does not require the removal of the oxide coating when DMA is used as the catalyst.
Ruthenium-catalyzed reaction of alkenyl triflates with zinc thiolates
Imazaki, Yusuke,Shirakawa, Eiji,Hayashi, Tamio
experimental part, p. 10212 - 10215 (2012/01/05)
A ruthenium complex coordinated with 3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10- phenanthroline catalyzed the reaction of alkenyl triflates with zinc dithiolates to give alkenyl sulfides.
