Studies of the Condensation of Sulfones with Ketones and Aldehydes

…, LJ Dolby, S Esfandiari, RA Okrent…

Index: Garst, Michael E.; Dolby, Lloyd J.; Esfandiari, Shervin; Okrent, Rachel A.; Avey, Alfred A. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 71, # 2 p. 553 - 556

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Abstract

The condensation of ketones or aldehydes with sulfones was shown to give a variety of products. Condensation of 2-methylcyclohexanone with dimethyl sulfone using potassium t- butoxide as base gave useful yields of 1, 2-dimethylenecyclohexane. Under the same conditions, cycloheptanone, 3-methyl-2-butanone, and 2-butanone were converted to dienes. Remarkably, these reaction conditions converted acetophenone into p-terphenyl ( ...