N. Furukawa, T. Shibutani, H. Fujihara
1987
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract o-Chloro- and o-bromophenyl phenyl sulfoxides and (3-bromo-4-pyridyl) phenyl sulfoxide were treated with Grignard reagents to generate benzyne (or 3,4-pyridyne) in THF. The o-iodophenyl derivative, on the other hand, gave mainly o-(arylsulfinyl)phenyl Grignard reagent.