H. Behr et al., [2-CYCLOADDITION REACTION OF DIALKYLTHIOKETENES WITH CARBENES ISOMERIZATION OF THE RESULTING ALKYLIDENETHIIRANES(1]), Liebigs Annalen, (8), 1996, pp. 1295-1299
Carbenes generates by metal-catalyzed decomposition of diazo compounds
2 undergo a smooth cycloaddition to the C=S bond of thioketenes 1; pr
oducts 3 were characterized by spectroscopic means as well as an X-ray
structural investigation of 3b. However, photolytic generation of dip
henylcarbene from diphenylketene led to an isomeric alkylidenethiirane
4a in the reaction with di-tert-butylthioketene (1a). Analogously, al
kylidenethiiranes 3a, b, d, g, h could be photoisomerized to isomers 4
a, b, d, g, h. The corresponding rearrangement of S-oxides 8 afforded
isomers 9.