Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2017,13, 2235–2251, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.221
reactions; electron-deficientethenes; heterocyclization reactions; Michael additions; SET mechanism; Review
Introduction
Electron-deficient alkenes form an important class of organic compounds, which are of key importance in organic synthesis. The best known representative of this class is
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Figure 1:
Dialkyl dicyanofumarates E-1 and dicyanomaleates Z-1.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2017,13, 410–416, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.44
case of similar thiocarbonyl S-isopropanides, the intermediate zwitterions, formed in the course of the attempted [3 + 2]-cycloaddition with electron-deficientethenes, undergo 1,3-electrocyclization yielding mixtures of stereoisomeric cyclopropanes in addition to the expected 5-membered thiolanes
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Scheme 1:
Generation and typical reactions of the reactive dialkyl and diaryl thiocarbonyl S-methanides 1.