T. Satoh et al., GENERATION OF MAGNESIUM ALKYLIDENE CARBENOIDS FROM 1-HALOVINYL SULFOXIDES WITH GRIGNARD-REAGENT - THEIR PROPERTY AND SOME SYNTHETIC USES, Tetrahedron letters, 36(39), 1995, pp. 7097-7100
The first example of magnesium alkylidene carbenoids is described. 1-H
alovinyl sulfoxides 3 (X=F, Cl, Br) were synthesized from ketones and
aryl halomethyl sulfoxides in three steps in moderate to good overall
yields. Ligand exchange reaction of the sulfoxides of 3 with ethylmagn
esium halide in THF at low temperature afforded a magnesium alkylidene
carbenoid, which reacted with several electrophiles to give new alkyl
idene compounds.