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. 2021 Mar 25;121(12):6744–6776. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01076

Table 1. Reaction between Sodium p-Toluenethiolate and Various Electrophilic Alkynes in Methanol and Subsequent Isomerization of Unsaturated Product with Sodium p-Toluenethiolate Unless Stated Otherwise41.

2.1.

R1 conversion (%) initial E/Z final E/Z
–CN 100 0/100 67/33
–SO2C7H7-p 65 0/100 100/0
–C6H4NO2-p 98 0/100 100/0
–CO2Me 93 8/92 78/22
–COMea 93 18/82 78/22
–CONH2 97 13/93 77/23
a

Dilute HCl used as isomerization catalyst.