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Ei elimination: An unprecedented facet of sulfone chemistry
Cubbage, Jerry W.,Vos, Brian W.,Jenks, William S.
, p. 4968 - 4971 (2000)
Thermolysis of methyl 3-phenylpropyl sulfone in the gas phase results in formation of allylbenzene. Activation parameters of ΔH(+) = 53.5 ± 1.0 kcal/mol and ΔS(+) = -0.7 ± 1.4 cal/(mol·K) were obtained over the range of 490-550 °C. Similar measurements with a deuterated analogue show a substantial isotope effect, and a lower activation enthalpy is observed for the formation of styrene from methyl 2-phenylethyl sulfone. Along with high- quality ab initio calculations of activation parameters and kinetic isotope effects, these results indicate that this is the first reported Ei reaction of a simple sulfone.