Download PDF
Synfacts 2008(10): 1089-1089  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078234
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

Stereo- and Regiospecific Synthesis of Vinyl Sulfides

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Tobias Thaler
M. S. Kabir, M. L. Van Linn, A. Monte, J. M. Cook*
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
22 September 2008 (online)

    Permissions and Reprints

Significance

An expedient, regio- and stereo­specific reaction for the Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling of thiols with vinyl iodides has been developed. The reaction proceeds with complete retention of the stereochemical information on the double bond. The mild reaction conditions also permit the conversion of electron-rich styryl iodides.