Synthetic communications

Ytterbium metal promoted allylation of disulfides with allyl bromide

W Su, Y Li, Y Zhang

Index: Su, Weike; Li, Yongshu; Zhang, Yongmin Synthetic Communications, 2002 , vol. 32, # 14 p. 2101 - 2106

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In the presence of a catalytic amount of methyliodide, ytterbium metal can promote the reductive cleavage of the S–S bond in disufides 1 to give ytterbium thiolates 2 which then react with allyl bromide to form the corresponding allylic sulfides 3 in good yields under mild and neutral conditions.