A Facile Stereospecific Synthesis of 1, 3-Enynylsulfides via Sonogashira Coupling of （E）-a-Iodovinyl Sulfides with 1-Alkynes

（E）-α-Iodovinyl sulfides 1 underwent the Sonogashira coupling reactions with terminal alkynes 2 in piperidine at room temperature in the presence of 5 mol % of Pd（PPh3）4 and 10 mol % of CuI to afford the corresponding 1, 3-enynylsulfides 3 stereospecifically in high yields.

A facile stereospecific synthesis of (Z)-2-sulfonyl-substituted 1,3-enynes via Sonogashira coupling of (E)-α-iodovinyl sulfones with 1-alkynes

（E）-α-Iodovinyl sulfones 1 underwent the Sonogashira coupling reactions with terminal alkynes 2 in piperidine at room temperature in the presence of 5 mol% of Pd（PPh3）4 and 10 mol% of CuI to stereospecifically afford the corresponding （Z）-2-sulfonyl-substituted 1,3-enynes 3 in high yields.

A Novel Stereoselective Synthesis of （1Z,3E）-2-Phenyl（or p-Tolyl）sulfonyl-substituted 1,3-Dienes via Palladium Catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions of （E）-α-lodovinyl Sulfones

（E）-α-Stannylvinyl phenyl（or p-tolyl）sulfones underwent an iododestannylation reaction to afford （E）-α-iodovinyl phenyl（or p-tolyl）sulfones 1, which reacted with （E）-alkenylzirconium（IV） complexes 2 produced in situ by hydrozirconation of terminal alkynes in the presence of a Pd（PPh3）4 catalyst to afford stereoselectively （1Z,3E）-2- phenyl（or p-tolyl）sulfonyl-substituted 1,3-dienes 3 in good yields.