Volume 126, Issue 18 pp. 4745-4749
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Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular CS Bond Formation: Efficient Synthesis of α-Substituted Vinyl Sulfones

Yumeng Xi

Yumeng Xi

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

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Boliang Dong

Boliang Dong

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

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Edward J. McClain

Edward J. McClain

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

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Qiaoyi Wang

Qiaoyi Wang

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

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Tesia L. Gregg

Tesia L. Gregg

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

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Dr. Novruz G. Akhmedov

Dr. Novruz G. Akhmedov

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

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Prof. Jeffrey L. Petersen

Prof. Jeffrey L. Petersen

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

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Prof. Xiaodong Shi

Corresponding Author

Prof. Xiaodong Shi

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/

C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (USA) http://community.wvu.edu/∼xs007/===Search for more papers by this author
First published: 01 April 2014
Citations: 26

We are grateful to the NSF (CAREER-CHE-0844602 and CHE-1228336) and the NSFC (21228204) for financial support.

Abstract

A general method for the synthesis of α-substituted vinyl sulfones makes use of a combination of a triazole gold complex and gallium triflate. This efficient CS bond formation between simple terminal alkynes and sulfinic acids provides access to various α-substituted vinyl sulfones.

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