A stoichiometric C–H activation/decarbonylation of salicylaldehyde by [(η6-p-cymene)RuCl2]2 gave a carbonyl derivative [(η6-p-cymene)RuCl(CO)(Ph-O)] (1) without the use of CO gas. A variety of polar phosphines were then incorporated into compound 1 to give new RuII cationic catalysts, [(η6-p-cymene)Ru(CO)(Ph-O)L]BF4 (2–8). These were used to catalyse the hydrothiolation of alkynes with a range of thiols
Free-Radical Addition of Alkanethiols to Alkynes. Rearrangements of the Intermediate .beta.-(Vinylthio) Radicals
作者:Luisa Benati、Laura Capella、Pier Carlo Montevecchi、Piero Spagnolo
DOI:10.1021/jo00089a030
日期:1994.5
A variety of 2-mercapto-substituted vinyl radicals have been produced through the free-radical reaction of alkanethiols (including phenethyl, allyl, and benzyl mercaptans) with monosubstituted acetylenes in benzene at 90 degrees C. The 8-(benzylthio)vinyl radicals 6 readily rearranged to (vinylthio)methyl radicals 7 via a novel 1,4-migration of the phenyl group from thiomethyl to vinyl carbon; 2- (phenethylthio)vinyl radicals 12 underwent internal 1,5-hydrogen transfer to form beta-thio-substituted benzyl radicals 13 which in turn suffered fast beta-elimination of vinylthio radicals 18; and 2-(allylthio)vinyl radical 20 underwent kinetically preferred 5-exo cyclization to give the primary radical 26 which could easily rearrange to the more stable ring-expanded radical 25.
Benati Luisa, Capella Laura, Montevecchi Pier Carlo, Spagnolo Piero, J. Org. Chem, 59 (1994) N 10, S 2818-2823