Bromine Complexes of Polyvinylpyrrolidone Supports: A Mild Reagent for the Transformation of α‐Oxoketene Dithioacetals to β‐Oxothiolesters
摘要:
When alpha-oxoketene dithioacetals 1a-n were treated with the bromine complex of a copolymer of 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and 4-vinylpyridine, the corresponding thiolcarboxylates 2a-n were formed in excellent yields. The reaction also works with other 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-derived polymers as well as commercially available polyvinylpyrrolidone- bromine complexes. The method is suitable for preparing aliphatic, aromatic, and gamma,delta-unsaturated beta-oxothiolcarboxylates.