V. Calo et al., PALLADIUM-CATALYZED SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-DIALLYLATED KETOSULPHIDES OF BENZOTHIAZOLE AND THEIR TRANSFORMATION INTO DIALLYL THIIRANES AND TRIENES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(1), 1995, pp. 171-174
alpha-Ketosulphides of benzothiazole 1 react with allylic carbonates i
n the presence of palladium acetate in dichloromethane under mild cond
itions affording alpha,alpha-diallylated ketosulphides 2 in high yield
s. Reduction of 2 with sodium borohydride in isopropanol gives episulp
hides which in turn can be transformed almost quantitatively into trie
nes.