Reactions of Organosulfur Compounds

List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1.1 Prologue 1.2 A Word on Odor 1.3 Sulfur in the Natural Environment 1.4 Nomenclature and Synthesis of Organosulfur Compounds 1.5 3d Orbital Effects 1.6 Other Bonding Properties of Sulfur 1.7 Spectroscopic Properties of Sulfur 1.8 Penicillin and Cephalosporin Chemistry: A Microcosm of Organosulfur Chemistry References 2 Sulfur-Containing Carbanions 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Preparation 2.3 Kinetic and Thermodynamic Assessment of Stability of Sulfur-Containing Carbanions 2.4 The Nature of Carbanion Stabilization by Sulfur 2.5 Stereochemical Aspects of α-Sulfonyl Carbanions 2.6 Stereochemical Aspects of α-Sulfìnyl Carbanions 2.7 Reactions of Sulfur-Containing Carbanions References 3 Sulfur Ylides 3.1 Preparation 3.2 Ïf- and ÏEUR-Sulfuranes 3.3 Thiabenzenes 96 3.4 Thiocarbonyl Ylides (Thione Ylides) 3.5 Reactions of Sulfur Ylides References 4 Sulfur-Containing Carbocations 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Generation of Sulfur-Containing Carbocations 4.3 Assessment of Stability of Sulfur-Containing Carbocations 4.4 Neighboring Group Participation by Divalent Sulfur 4.5 Reactions of Thiocarbocations 4.6 The Pummerer Rearrangement 4.7 Beckmann Fragmentation of α-Alkylthioketoximes 4.8 Carbocations Containing the Sulfinyl and Sulfonyl Groups 4.9 Carbocations Containing the Disulfide Group References 5 Sulfur-Containing Radicals 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Generation and Reactions of Sulfur-Containing Radicals 5.3 Kinetic Assessment of Stability of Sulfur-Substituted Radicals 5.4 The Study of Sulfur-Containing Radicals by Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy 5.5 The Nature of Radical Stabilization by Sulfur 5.6 α-Disulfìde Radicals 5.7 α-Sulfìnyl Radicals 5.8 α-Sulfonyl Radicals 5.9 The Dibenzenesulfenamidyl Radical 5.10 The Stevens Rearrangement 5.11 The Wittig Rearrangement 5.12 Sulfur-Centered Radicals References 6 Organosulfur Carbenes and Carbenoids 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Generation 6.3 Reactions of α-Thiomethylenes: Cycloaddition to Multiple Bonds 6.4 Other Reactions of α-Thiomethylenes: General Survey 6.5 Reactions of ÃY-, γ-, and ο-Thiomethylenes 6.6 Sulfinyl- and Sulfonylmethylenes References 7 Pericyclic Reactions of Organosulfur Compounds 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Sigmatropic Rearrangements 7.3 Electrocyclic Processes 7.4 Cycloaddition Reactions 7.5 Cycloelimination Reactions References Appendix A Bibliography of Recent Books on Sulfur Appendix B Additional Tables Index