Expanding the Potential of Heteroaryl Vinyl Sulfones

J Org Chem. 2016 Nov 18;81(22):10887-10899. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01956. Epub 2016 Nov 3.

Abstract

The easily available vinyl sulfone 3 showed great potential for new applications in several fields such as organic synthesis and bioconjugate formation. This was demonstrated by performing a systematic assessment of its reactivity in Michael, radical, and cycloaddition reactions. Heteroaryl vinyl sulfone 3 presented excellent output in terms of reactivity and selectivity, proving superior to phenyl vinyl sulfone 1 and with clear advantages over bis-sulfone 2. This behavior might be due to the conformational and orbital control exerted by the tetrazole unit according to DFT calculations. Moreover, some alternative transformations to the Julia-Kocienski olefination on the obtained products are also described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't