Sequential olefination-dimerisation of benzylic dithioacetals by the nickel-catalysed reaction with methyl Grignard or zinc reagent.

ABSTRACT: Products of main group elements from cross-coupling reactions have been shown to serve as Lewis acids, mediating further reactions of organic coupling products. Thus, the nickel-catalysed olefination of benzylic dithioacetal with MeMgI in benzene in a sealed Schlenk tube at 130 °C generates magnesium mercaptide which regioselectively converts 2-arylpropene into a dimer in good yield. Aryl iodide reacts with 2-propenylmagnesium bromide in the presence of 1,2-ethanedithiol and NiCl₂(PPh₃)₂ to yield the same dimer. Replacement of the Grignard reagent by an organozinc reagent gives the dimers in a better yield.

SUBMITTER: Yu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8959447 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature