Bf. Bonini et al., CHEMISTRY OF SILYL THIOKETONES .8. PHOTOINDUCED CYCLOADDITIONS OF SILYL THIOKETONES WITH OLEFINS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (16), 1995, pp. 2039-2044
Photo-induced cycloadditions of phenyl triphenylsilyl thioketone 1 wit
h electron-poor olefins (acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate and cis- and t
rans-1,2-dichloroethene) gave silyl thietanes in a regio- and highly s
tereoselective manner. In contrast, reaction with vinyl ethers gave th
ietanes without any regio- or stereo-control. Reaction with alpha-meth
ylstyrene and 2,3-dimethylbut-2-ene gave open chain products. Desilyla
tion of silyl thietanes occurs with prevalent inversion of configurati
on at the carbon bearing the silicon group.