Pyrolysis of unsymmetrical dialkyl sulfoxides. Rates of alkene formation and composition of the gaseous products

DW Emerson, AP Craig, IW Potts Jr

Index: Emerson,D.W. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1967 , vol. 32, p. 102 - 105

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Abstract

The relative yields of alkenes produced in the thermal decomposition of some unsymmetrical dialkyl sulfoxides were determined. The olefinic products produced are those predicted on the basis of the currently accepted mechanism involving the loss of a sulfenate moiety and any one of the available p hydrogens. Secondary alkyl groups are cleaved to form alkenes more readily than primary alkyl groups when both are embodied in the same ...