TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel cyclopropanation
AU - Bostick, Tracy Matthew
AU - Christie, Sean D.
AU - Connolly, Terrence Joseph
AU - Copp, Steven
AU - Langler, Richard Francis
AU - Reid, Darren Leonard
AU - Zaworotko, Michael
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Reaction between benzaldehyde and methyl α-benzylsulfonylacetate furnishes methyl (E)-α-benzylsulfonyl-β-phenylacrylate as the exclusive Knoevenagel adduct. The related condensations between α-benzylsulfonylacetonitrile and paraformaldehyde furnish trans-1-benzylsulfonyl-2-phenylcyclopropane-1-carbonitrile in modest yields. These product structures are established by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Phenylsulfene is ruled out as an intermediate in the formation of the cyclopropane.
AB - Reaction between benzaldehyde and methyl α-benzylsulfonylacetate furnishes methyl (E)-α-benzylsulfonyl-β-phenylacrylate as the exclusive Knoevenagel adduct. The related condensations between α-benzylsulfonylacetonitrile and paraformaldehyde furnish trans-1-benzylsulfonyl-2-phenylcyclopropane-1-carbonitrile in modest yields. These product structures are established by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Phenylsulfene is ruled out as an intermediate in the formation of the cyclopropane.
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U2 - 10.1071/ch9960243
DO - 10.1071/ch9960243
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0010714785
SN - 0004-9425
VL - 49
SP - 243
EP - 247
JO - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JF - Australian Journal of Chemistry
IS - 2
ER -