Formamides undergo in-plane bimolecular nucleophilic vinylic substitutions (SN2) by the reaction with (E)-alkenyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborates: stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-vinyl formates
Abstract
Reported for the first time is the stereoselective synthesis of (Z)-vinyl formates, which involves in-plane bimolecular nucleophilic vinylic substitutions of (E)-β-alkylvinyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborates with formamides.