Nucleophilic addition to thioalkynes was investigated under various catalytic conditions with gold(I) complexes being identified as the optimal catalysts. Structural evaluation of the product revealed an unexpected cis-addition, arising from a gold-associated thioketene intermediate. Based on this interesting mechanistic insight, a gold(I)-catalyzed thioether addition to thioalkynes was developed as a novel approach to prepare ketene dithioacetals with good yields and high efficiency.
n class="Chemical">Nucleophilic additionpan> to pan> class="Chemical">thioalkynes was investigated under various catalytic conditions with gold(I) complexes being identified as the optimal catalysts. Structural evaluation of the product revealed an unexpected cis-addition, arising from a gold-associated thioketene intermediate. Based on this interesting mechanistic insight, a gold(I)-catalyzed thioether addition to thioalkynes was developed as a novel approach to prepare ketene dithioacetals with good yields and high efficiency.
Authors: Jin Wang; Shuyao Zhang; Chang Xu; Lukasz Wojtas; Novruz G Akhmedov; Hao Chen; Xiaodong Shi Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl Date: 2018-05-07 Impact factor: 15.336