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A convergent, flexible synthesis of 1,3-dienes
Marie Lusinchi1, Trevor V Stanbury, Samir Z Zard
1Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique Associé au CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.
Abstract:
1,3-Dienes were prepared from 1,4-ketoxanthates, obtained by the radical addition reaction of an S-(2-oxoalkyl) xanthate to a terminal olefin, through the DBU induced thermal elimination of sulfur dioxide from the derived 2-sulfolenes.