Abstract Vinyl sulfides are useful synthetic intermediates1 which have received increasing attention recently both as masked carbonyl moieties2 and in carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. 3 With regard to the latter, vinyl sulfide derivatives which are substituted in the α- position with halogen, tin, selenium, etc., are particularly useful due to the ready formation of anions upon treatment with a variety of organometallic reagents. 3 d− 1 We report here ...
