54542-32-4Relevant articles and documents
First synthesis, X-ray structure analysis and reactions of alkenyltriphenylbismuthonium salts
Matano, Yoshihiro,Yoshimune, Masanori,Azuma, Nagao,Suzuki, Hitomi
, p. 1971 - 1977 (2007/10/03)
Treatment of triphenylbismuth difluoride with alkenyltrimethylsilanes 1 or trimethylsilyl cyanidealkenyltrialkylstannanes 3 in the presence of boron trifluoride-diethyl ether gave the corresponding alkenyltriphenylbismuthonium tetrafluoroborates 2 in moderate to good yields. An X-ray crystallographic analysis of the salt 2e confirmed the distorted tetrahedral geometry of the central bismuth atom. When treated with a sulfinate 5 or the thiolate 11, the salts 2 readily transferred both the vinyl and phenyl moieties to these nucleophiles to afford the sulfones 7-10 or the sulfides 12, 13, respectively. In the presence of a palladium catalyst, the salt 2e underwent the Heck-type reaction with ethyl acrylate 17 to afford the dienoate 18 and cinnamate 19 in moderate yields. Action of KOBut on the salt 2b yielded p-tolylacetylene 22, while a similar reaction with the salt 2e in the presence of the styrenes 23 gave the cyclopropanes 24. A Hammett study of the latter reaction has suggested a possible involvement of an alkylidenecarbene as the intermediate in these base-promoted reactions.
