Use of 1-Chlorovinyl p-Tolyl Sulfoxides as Alkynylmagnesium Chloride Sources

14 February 2023, Version 1
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Abstract

A method for generating alkynylmagnesium chlorides from 1-chlorovinyl p-tolyl sulfoxides and an isopropylmagnesium chloride-lithium chloride complex (turbo Grignard reagent) has been developed. The method consists of a sulfoxide/magnesium exchange reaction of 1-chlorovinyl p-tolyl sulfoxides and a turbo Grignard reagent, a FritschButtenbergWiechell rearrangement of the resulting magnesium alkylidene carbenoids, and a deprotonation of terminal alkynes with a turbo Grignard reagent. The resulting alkynylmagnesium chlorides are reacted with a variety of electrophiles to generate internal alkynes.

Keywords

alkynes
alkynylmagnesium chlorides
1-chlorovinyl p-tolyl sulfoxides
Fritsch–Buttenberg–Wiechell rearrangement
magnesium alkylidene carbenoids
sulfoxide/magnesium exchange reaction
nucleophilic alkynyllation

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1H and 13C NMR spectra (PDF)
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