Radical, one-step approach to o-chlorophenyl thioethers from xanthates. A rapid access to vinylsilanes

Abstract

Xanthates have been readily converted into o-chlorophenyl thioethers using a one-step procedure conducted under radical conditions. In some selected cases, these aryl thioethers were successfully oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxides and sulfenic acid elimination afforded the corresponding vinylsilanes.