Ene‐sulfides as Reaction Partners of Organometallic Compounds

Abstract

Abstract A comparison of the reactivity of ene‐sulfides and en‐ethers towards organometallic reagents reveals some remarkable differences. With the thio compounds metallation at the olefinic site next to the hetero atom dominates clearly over the alternative deprotonation of an allylic position. Only with propenyl phenyl sulfide both exchange modes were observed simultaneously, whereas with all higher homologues of it as well as vinyl phenyl sulfide the metal was exclusively attached to the olefinic α‐carbon atom.