Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

A three-membered ring approach to carbonyl olefination

  • Supaporn Niyomchon,
  • Alberto Oppedisano,
  • Paul Aillard,
  • Nuno Maulide

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01036-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Alkenes are versatile buildings blocks in organic synthesis. Here, the authors developed a three-membered ring strategy to access a variety of functionalized alkenes by coupling of in-situ generated azines with sulfoxonium ylides.