ChemInform Abstract: One‐Pot Synthesis of 1‐Iodoalkynes and Trisubstituted Alkenes from Benzylic and Allylic Bromides.

Abstract

1-Iodoalkynes are formed in moderate to high yields from readily accessible benzylic and allylic alkyl bromides by a one-pot homologation/double elimination procedure with iodoform (CHI3). The developed conditions include facile purification and avoid the use of an excess of triphenylphosphine (PPh3), as described in classical Corey–Fuchs iodoalkynylation conditions. Replacing CHI3 with CHI2Cl allows the isolation of the corresponding gem-(Z)-chloro-(E)-iodoalkene in good yield and stereoselectivity. Moreover, the use of benzhydryl bromides as nucleophiles enables the synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes under similar reaction conditions.