[2,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of .beta.-phenylsulfonyl propargylic sulfenates as a method for preparing 1,4-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-butadienes
作者:Xiaoheng Wang、Zhijie Ni、Xiujing Lu、Andrea Hollis、Harold Banks、Augusto Rodriguez、Albert Padwa
DOI:10.1021/jo00072a019
日期:1993.9
Several beta-sulfoxy-substituted acetylenic carbinols were prepared by the addition of thiyl radicals and oxygen to conjugated enynes. The products obtained are derived from thiyl radical attack at the olefinic bond to generate a propargylic radical. Capture of this radical by oxygen followed by hydrogen transfer from thiophenol gives a hydroperoxide intermediate, which undergoes oxygen transfer by both intra- and intermolecular pathways. The resultant beta-phenylsulfinyl propargylic alcohols proved to be versatile intermediates for the preparation of several different classes of compounds. The [2,3]-sigmatropic sulfinate to sulfoxide rearrangement was found to give 1,4-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-butadienes, alpha,beta-unsaturated phenylsulfoxy ketones, and beta-phenylsulfonyl alpha-allenic sulfoxides' Oxidation of the sulfoxy moiety to the sulfone followed by sulfinate formation with phenylsulfenyl chloride produces, after [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement, beta-phenylsulfonyl alpha-allenic sulfoxides. In certain cases these allenes could be isolated, but were usually isomerized in situ and further oxidized to give 1,4-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-butadienes. The [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of beta-phenyl-sulfinyl-substituted propargylic alcohols proceeds by an entirely different course. With these systems, a double sigmatropic process occurs leading to the formation of vinyl sulfinates which are readily hydrolyzed to give alpha,beta-unsaturated phenylsulfoxy ketones.