Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A convenient synthesis of α,β- and α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated aldehydes using readily accessible 4-(t-butylthio)-3-buten-2-one as synthon was described. ... All new compounds described in this communication gave satisfactory elemental analyses and their NMR, IR and mass ...