Homoallylic alcohols from samarium diiodide-mediated coupling of allylic sulfones with carbonyl compounds

J Clayden, M Julia

Index: Clayden, Jonathan; Julia, Marc Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1994 , # 19 p. 2261 - 2262

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Abstract

Samarium diiodide is finding ever wider use in organic synthetic reactions as a reagent for promoting a wide range of reductions and coupling reactions.' Recently, it has also been shown to effect the desulfonylation of imidazolyl and phenyl sulfones.2 We are currently developing new methods for the reductive desulfonylation of sulfones to give nucleophilic organometallic species, and have recently reported3 the coupling of allylic sulfones with aldehydes and ketones using ...