A NOVEL STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 1,3,5-TRIENES VIA SO2 EXTRUSION FROM SULFOLENES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)94876-7

(E)-1,3,5-hexatriene as well as (E,E)-1,3,5-undecatriene and (E,Z)-1,3,5-undecatriene, two natural compounds isolated from the essential oils of Galbanum and Dictyoperis, were stereoselectively synthesized from sulfolenes generated by a retro-Diels-Alder reaction.