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A number of β-iodovinyl sulfones were synthesized by direct difunctionalization of internal alkynes with arenesulfonyl iodides under irradiation with red light (λmax 625 nm) generated by an economical LED source. The products were obtained in high yields (68–99%) from equimolar amounts of the reactants. The reaction of sulfonyl iodides with internal alkynes follows a radical mechanism and provides a regioselective method of synthesis of β-iodovinyl sulfones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Main factors have been analyzed necessary for creation of an efficient catalytic system for alkynes hydrophosphorylation based on nickel complexes, and a valid model system was suggested for the comparison with palladium complexes. It has been discovered for the first time that the insertion of an alkyne into the metal-hydrogen bond occurs with a considerably lower activation barrier than into the metal-phosphorus bond, whereas the variation in the reaction energy corresponds in both cases to an exothermic reaction. Under the optimized conditions the transformation catalyzed by nickel complexes does not require acid addition and may proceed even in the absence of a phosphine ligand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A series of new 1-aryl-, 1-heteroaryl-, and 1-alkylethenylphosphonates was prepared by hydrophosphorylation of terminal acetylenes catalyzed by palladium. A stable in air complex Pd2(dba)3·CHCl3 was applied as catalyst. The reaction mechanism is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Title reaction is achieved using γ-terpinene as free radical trap and affords vinyl sulfides of E-configuration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]