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Readily Prepared 3-Chloro-1-(phenylthio) propene, a Versatile Three-Carbon Annulating Agent

T Liu, X Zhao, L Lu, T Cohen

Index: Chen, Wenbo; Zhao, Xiaoming; Lu, Long; Cohen, Theodore Organic Letters, 2006 , vol. 8, # 10 p. 2087 - 2090

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Abstract

In the present paper, we demonstrate the utility of 4 as a three-carbon annulating agent by taking advantage of the ability of the activated alkene linkage of 5 to undergo intramolecular additions of organolithiums or phenols. Since divalent sulfur stabilizes both negative and positive charges