Tandem anionic [3,3] sigmatropy and SN′ displacement. New synthetic technology for the construction of hydroazulenone and related frameworks

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00179a037

Transmetalation of the 3-(trimethylstannyl)-2-norcarenes 9 and 28b provides for the acquisition of optically pure bicyclic vinyllithium derivatives. These have been added to (±)-2-chlorocyclohexanone and the resultant cis-chlorohydrins have been exposed t