Synthesis of small ring-containing conjugated dienes via the coupling reaction of cyclopropyl- and cyclobutylmagnesium carbenoids with α-sulfonylallyllithiums
synthesized via the coupling reaction of cyclopropyl- and cyclobutylmagnesium carbenoids with α-sulfonylallyllithiums. Small ring cycloalkylmagnesium carbenoids were generated from aryl 1-chlorocycloalkyl sulfoxides and a Grignard reagent, and the resultant magnesium carbenoids were reacted with α-sulfonylallyllithiums, which were prepared via the deprotonation of p-tolyl vinyl sulfones or allyl p-tolyl