Gang Hu, Jiaxi Xu and Pingfan Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2167-2170
DOI:
10.1039/C8QO00410B,
Research Article
A transition-metal-free, sulfur mediated propargylic C–H alkylation reaction was realized through a one-pot procedure. The reaction design involves an initial addition between alkynes and triflic anhydride activated sulfoxides, and a subsequent [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the allenyl sulfur ylides generated under basic conditions to give propargylic C–H alkylation products.