Synthesis and Diels–Alder reactions of α,β-unsaturated γ-sultone

Abstract

An efficient synthesis of prop-1-ene 1,3-sultone 1 and its Diels–Alder reactions are reported; ring-opening reactions of the cycloadducts with nucleophiles and transformations to the sultams were also investigated.

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