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Aryl(chloro)methyl 4-tolyl sulfoxides: Synthesis and application to the synthesis of α-aryl ketones
Fukuda, Shigehiko,Tsuji, Kazuhito,Musashi, Jun,Nonaka, Ryo,Kimura, Tsutomu,Satoh, Tsuyoshi
, p. 3615 - 3626 (2011/12/16)
Aryl(chloro)methyl 4-tolyl sulfoxides were synthesized from arylmethyl 4-tolyl sulfoxides in moderate-to-good yields by sequential treatment with lithium diisopropylamide and tosyl chloride at low temperatures. Treatment of the lithium α-sulfinyl carbanion of the aryl(chloro)methyl 4-tolyl sulfoxides with aldehydes or ketones resulted in the formation of adducts in good-to-high yields. Treatment of these adducts with tert-butylmagnesium chloride gave the corresponding magnesium alkoxides. On treatment with isopropylmagnesium chloride, the alkoxides gave the corresponding magnesium β-oxido carbenoids, which rearranged to give α-aryl ketones in good-to-high yields. The magnesium enolate intermediates generated by rearrangement of the -oxido carbenoids could also be trapped with electrophiles to give α-aryl α-substituted ketones. These procedures offer a good method for the synthesis of a variety of α-aryl ketones from aldehydes and ketones. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart. New York.
