21 28 therefore less than 1 h at-22" C. However, similar treatment of 2 with LDA and CHJ gave exclusively the unrearranged C-methylated product 24. Even after the anion 23 was heated to 50" C in THF, methylation gave 24 (low material balance) and none of the sulfide derived from rearranged anion 25. Similar experiments with the six-membered ring system 1 at 0" C or below again gave only unrearranged products. Under more forcing conditions (> ...