Sulfones, alkynyl synthesis

For trisubstituted olefins, the nucleophile attacks predominantly at the less substituted end of the allyl moiety, e.g. to afford a 78 22 mixture of 13 and 14 (equation 7). Both the oxidative addition of palladium(O) and the subsequent nucleophilic attack occur with inversion of configuration to give the product of net retention7. The synthesis of the sex pheromone 15 of the Monarch butterfly has been accomplished by using bis[bis(l,2-diphenylphosphinoethane)]palladium as a catalyst as outlined in equation 87. A substitution of an allyl sulfone 16 by a stabilized carbon nucleophile, such as an alkynyl or vinyl system, proceeds regioselectively in the presence of a Lewis acid (equation 9)8. The... 

An intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of an alkynyl sulfone was used [537] in the synthesis of a ring fragment of vitamin D3. 

A general method of synthesis of l-hetera-4-telluracyclohexa-2,5-dienes 90 is founded in the nucleophilic addition of telluride anion to type 91 diacetylene derivatives. The telluride dianion is prepared in situ from the elements in liquid ammonia. The reaction was carried out with methanol or mixtures with DMSO and liquid ammonia as solvents, with the following diacetylenes di(l-alkynyl)sulfides (73RTC1326), I-alkynylethynyl sulfides (75RTCI63), di(l-alkynyl)sulfones (78RTC244), and di(l-alkynyl)phosphi-noxides (75RTC92). 

TABLE 4. Synthesis of alkynyl sulfones from alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium salts... 

The following phenol synthesis from easily accessible furyl alkynyl starting material was the first gold-catalysed reaction to proceed via car-benes and arene oxides (Ts = p-toluene sulfonate Cat = AUCI3 in... 

This review continues from one entitled The Chemistry of a,P-Unsaturated Sulfoxides which was recently published in a monograph of organosulfur chemistry. 1 In addition, the coverage has been extended to include the analogous a,P-unsaturated sulfones. The focus of the present review are recent advances in the chemistry of a,P-unsaturated sulfoxides and sulfones, especially those which have been published since 1993. The synthesis of a,P-unsaturated sulfoxides and sulfones has already been reviewed extensively by Rayner2 and hence will not be covered here. Only the chemistry of vinyl (alkenyl) sulfoxides and sulfones will be considered. The chemistry of other a,P-unsaturated sulfoxides and sulfones such as dienyl, allenyl, and propargyl (alkynyl) sulfoxides and sulfones is beyond the scope of this review. Considerable emphasis has been placed on stereo- and enantioselective reactions, reflecting the current interest in this area. 

Huang, X., Duan, D., Zheng, W. Studies on hydrozirconation of 1-alkynyl sulfoxides or sulfones and the application for the synthesis of stereodefined vinyl sulfoxides or sulfones. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 1958-1963. 

Suzuki, H., and Abe, H., A new straightforward synthesis of alkynyl sulfones via the sonochemical couphng between alkynyl halides and copper sulfinates. Tetrahedron Lett., 37, 3717, 1996. 

A dramatic application was the asymmetric synthesis of epibatidine 70 by Simpkins.18 Diels-Alder reaction of the deactivated pyrrole 63 with the alkynyl sulfone 64 gave the bicyclic core 65 of epibatidine. Selective reduction gave the compound 66 needed for epibatidine, but in racemic form. A directed lithiation (chapter 7) and sulfonation led to achiral bis sulfone 67. 

Replacement of an unsaturated phenyliodo group. Formation of unsaturated sulfones by a tandem Michael addition-elimination is a highly efficient process that allows the synthesis of (Z)-l,2-bis(benzenesulfonyl)alkenes from (Z)-jS-(benzenesul-fonyl)alkenyliodonium salts. In S-ketoethynyl(phenyl)iodonium salts the electron-withdrawing power of the ketone group is weaker, the Michael addition is followed by carbene formation. Cyclopentenones are formed. A seemingly direct substitution of alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium salts gives alkynyl sulfones efficiently. ... 

As with cyanide, Sn2 reactions of alkyne anions can be done with substrates other than halides or sulfonate esters. Epoxides are opened by acetylides at the less sterically hindered carbon to give an alkynyl alcohol. A synthetic example is the reaction of epoxide 38 with the indicated lithium alkyne anion gave an 85% yield of 39, an intermediate in the Sinha et al. synthesis of squamotacin.49... 

Ochiai and coworkers have used these tandem Michael-carbene-insertion process in a nice synthesis of cyclopentene derivatives as illustrated by 69 and 70 using alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium salts (equation 31). Similarly, PhS02H addition to alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium salts in methanol results in the formation of e.g., 71 that, upon treatment with Et3N, gives both rearranged sulfone 72 and the cyclopentene 73 via the unsaturated carbene, as illustrated by the example in equation 32. 

SYNTHESIS OF THIOETHERS, SULFONES, AND RELATED COMPOUNDS Example 5.5 Preparation of an Alkynyl Alkyl Sulfide [103],... 

Methanesulfonates. The most common use of methanesulfonyl chloride is for the synthesis of sulfonate esters from alcohols. This can be readily accomplished by treatment of an alcohol with mesyl chloride in the presence of a base (usually Triethy-lamine or Pyridine). The methanesulfonates formed are functional equivalents of halides. As such they are frequently employed as intermediates for reactions such as displacements, eliminations, reductions, and rearrangements. Selective mesylation of a vicinal diol is a common method of preparation of epoxides." Alkynyl mesylates can be used for the synthesis of trimethylsilyl allenes. Oxime mesylates undergo a Beckmann rearrangement upon treatment with a Lewis acid. Aromatic mesylates have been used as substrates for nucleophilic aromatic substitution. Mesylates are more reactive than tosylates toward nucleophilic substitution, but less reactive toward solvolysis. 

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