MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ and B3LYP/cc-pVDZ calculations of the reactions of CH3SSR (R = H or CH3) with fluoride, hydroxide or allyl anion in the gas-phase were performed to determine the mechanism for both elimination and substitution reactions. The elimination reactions were shown to follow the E2 mechanism. The substitution reactions with hydroxide and fluoride proceed by the addition-elimination mech...

reaction of dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates 1a-c andpyrrole derivatives 2a-e in the presence of triphenylphosphite (tpp) was investigated and the effect of the pyrrole substitution was established. diastereoselectivity is observed with pyrroles, 2a,b, yieldingphosphonate ester derivatives 3a-f and 4,and their relative configuration is determined by 1h/13c and 31p nmr and confirmed by single x-r...