THE STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONALIZED CONJUGATED DIENES: PREPARATION OF (E,E)-α-HYDROXY DIENES AND OF VINYLALLENES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)86229-2

A simple procedure has been developped for the synthesis of (E,E)-α-hydroxy conjugated dienes of high stereoismoeric purity.A stereoselective preparation of vinylllenes by thermal extrusion of SO2 from 2- alkylidene-2,5-dihydrothiophene-1,1-dioxides is de