Formamides undergo in-plane bimolecular nucleophilic vinylic substitutions (SN2) by the reaction with (E)-alkenyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborates: stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-vinyl formates

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Masahito Ochiai, Shinji Yamamoto and Koichi Sato


Abstract

Reported for the first time is the stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-vinyl formates, which involves in-plane bimolecular nucleophilic vinylic substitutions of (E)-β-alkylvinyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborates with formamides.


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