Abstract The radical reaction of benzenethiol with alkynes 1a-o carried out at 154 °C affords a mixture of thiol/alkyne adduct 3 and benzothiophene 5, deriving from vinyl radical intermediates 2 through hydrogen abstraction and 5-(π-endo)orthocyclization onto the adjacent thiophenyl ring, respectively. This latter reaction occurs through the reversible formation of cyclohexadienyl radical intermediates
A stereoselective route to alkenyl sulfides through the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of 9-alkyl-BBN with 1-bromo-1-phenylthioethene or (E)- and (Z)-2-bromo-1-phenylthio-1-alkenes