Convenient syntheses of hydroindans and hydronaphthalenes
Abstract
Thermolysis of several new 2-(ω-alkenyl)-3-sulpholenes, prepared by direct deprotonation and alkylation of 3-sulpholenes, led to cheletropic extrusion of SO2 followed by intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction to yield the corresponding hydroindans and hydronaphthalenes.