Copper (II)-mediated stereoselective reduction of acetylenic sulfones by hydrosilanes

…, N Kusumoto, A Ogawa, N Kambe, N Sonoda

Index: Ryu,Ilhyong; Kusumoto, Nobuo; Ogawa, Akiya; Kambe, Nobuaki; Sonoda, Noboru Organometallics, 1989 , vol. 8, p. 2279 - 2281

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Abstract

Summary: The stereoselective reduction of acetylenic sulfones to cis vinylic sulfones was effected by using a novel reduction system consisting of copper (II) salts (Cu (BF,),, Cu (OTf),, CuF,, etc.) and a hydrosilane. The best result was obtained by the use of Cu (BF,),. A divalent copper hydride is proposed to be responsible for this reduction.