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. 2024 Dec 2;19(23):e202400931.
doi: 10.1002/asia.202400931. Epub 2024 Oct 28.

Revisiting the Reaction of Sulfur Ylides with Acetylenic Esters: Synthesis of Trisubstituted 1,3-Dienes, α-Carbonyl Vinyl Sulfoxides and α-Carbonyl Vinyl Sulfoxonium Ylides

Matheus P de Jesus  1 , Antonio C B Burtoloso  1
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Revisiting the Reaction of Sulfur Ylides with Acetylenic Esters: Synthesis of Trisubstituted 1,3-Dienes, α-Carbonyl Vinyl Sulfoxides and α-Carbonyl Vinyl Sulfoxonium Ylides

Matheus P de Jesus et al. Chem Asian J. .

Abstract

We report herein a reexamination of the reactions between sulfoxonium ylides and acetylenic esters. Continuing our previous study of conjugate additions using α-carbonyl sulfoxonium ylides, we came across an interesting transformation when dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) was employed as a Michael acceptor. Trisubstituted electron-deficient 1,3-dienes and α-carbonyl vinyl sulfoxides were obtained for the first time from these sulfur ylides, in a stereoselective manner (exclusively forming the E-isomer), achieving yields of up to 70 % and 83 %, respectively. Selected dienes were subsequently utilized in the synthesis of novel nitrogen heterocycles. Interestingly, when di-tert-butyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DtBAD) or alkyl propiolates were evaluated, the isolated product arose from the classical Michael addition, yielding α-carbonyl vinyl sulfoxonium ylides in yields of up to 89 %.

Keywords: 1,3-Dienes; Nitrogen heterocycles; Sulfoxonium ylides; Vinyl sulfoxides; Vinyl sulfoxonium ylides.

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