Heck Vinylations Using Vinyl Sulfide, Vinyl Sulfoxide, Vinyl Sulfone, or Vinyl Sulfonate Derivatives and Aryl Bromides Catalyzed by a Palladium Complex Derived from a Tetraphosphine
affords an efficient catalyst for the Heck reaction ofsulfur-containing alkenes with aryl bromides. The rates and yields of the reactions strongly depend on the oxidation state of the sulfur atom. Using vinyl sulfides with 1 mol% catalyst, low to moderate yields of arylated alkenes were obtained. Phenyl vinyl sulfoxide was found to be more reactive, and satisfactory yields of (E)-[2-(phenylsulfinyl)vinyl]benzene