Facile synthesis of E-γ-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated sulfones from aldehydes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97396-9

Reaction of enolizable aldehydes with p-tolylsulfinylmethyl phenyl sulfone (1), in the presence of piperidine in acetonitrile at 0°C, gave selectively E-γ-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated phenyl sulfones in good yields.