Abstract

Electrolysis of alkenyl sulfides in the presence of thiophenol with bubbling of molecular oxygen gave the corresponding α-(phenylthio) carbonyl compounds with the consumption of a catalytic amount of electricity. An electroinitiated radical chain mechanism has been proposed. The reaction also took place without electrochemical initiation, but much (5-50 times) longer reaction time was required for the completion of the reaction. The potential utility of the present reaction in organic synthesis is demonstrated by the net 1,2-transposition of a phenylthio group and a carbonyl group. The electroinitiated oxygenation of ketene dithioacetals also proceeded smoothly to give the corresponding α-(phenylthio) thiol esters. It was also found that the electroinitiated oxygenation of alkynes in the presence of thiophenol gave α-(phenylthio) carbonyl compounds. A mechanism involving the initial formation of alkenyl sulfides has been proposed

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