Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, PO Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia Center for Chemistry ICTM, PO Box 473, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract:
Push-pull 2-alkylidene-4-oxothiazolidine vinyl bromides undergo efficient C(5) functionalization through DMSO-assisted carbon-bromine cleavage, followed by a bromine transfer-substitution (or elimination) sequence. A mechanism for this novel transformation is proposed.