D. Kissounko, M. V. Zabalov, Y. Oprunenko
Jul 1, 2000
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Russian Chemical Bulletin
Abstract
Reactions of 2-ethyl-5-methylcyclopenta[b]thienyllithium (thiopentalenyllithium) (2) with various electrophilic reagents afford σ-element-substituted thiopentalenes. However, the reaction with Ph3SnCl yields only one of two possible isomers,viz, triphenyl(4H-cyclopenta[b] thiophen-4-yl)stannane (4c), whereas the reactions with Me3SiCl, Me3SiCl, or Ph2PCl give both possible isomers,viz., trimethyl(6H-cyclopenta[b]thiophen-6-yl)silane (3a) and trimethyl(4H-cyclopental[b]thiophen-4-yl)silane (4a), trimethyl(6H-cyclopenta[b]thiophen-6-yl)stannane (3b) and trimethyl(4H-cyclopental[b]thiophen-4-yl)stannane (4b), or diphenyl(6H-cyclopenta[b]thiophen-6-yl)phosphine (3d) and diphenyl(4H-cyclopenta[b]thiophen-4-yl)phosphine (4d) in ratios of 1∶2, 1∶2, or 1∶1, respectively. The structure of compound4c was established by X-ray diffraction analysis. The observed regioselectivity of formation of compound4c is attributed to the specific precoordination of the tin atom by the sulfur atom of the thiopentalenyl ligand and to the steric overcrowding of the Sn atom in organotin electrophiles.