Transannular, decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement reactions for the synthesis of sulfur-substituted vinylcyclopropanes†
Donald Craig,Sophie J. Gore,Mark I. Lansdell,Simon E. Lewis,Alexander V. W. Mayweg,Andrew J. P. White
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 06/01/2010 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C0CC00976H
Abstract

Unsaturated ε-lactones bearing an α-arylsulfonyl or α-arylsulfoximinyl substituent undergo stereoselective transannular, decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement to give substituted vinylcyclopropanes.

Graphical abstract: Transannular, decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement reactions for the synthesis of sulfur-substituted vinylcyclopropanes