Reduction of Propargylic Sulfones to (Z)-Allylic Sulfones using Zinc and Ammonium Chloride.

No === Propargylic sulfones can be cis-hydrogenated using commercial zinc powder and ammonium chloride in THF¿water at room temperature, the major products being the corresponding (Z)-allylic sulfones. Other reducible groups (alkene, benzyloxy) are not affected. Allenylsulfones are implicated in one...

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Main Authors: Sheldrake, Helen M., Wallace, T.W.
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3451