Sulphone-based elimination reactions in synthesis. Part 1. Moenocinol
Abstract
The fluoride-induced elimination of a β-phenylsulphonylsilane and the reductive elimination of a β-oxy sulphone are key olefin-forming reactions in a synthesis of moenocinol [(2Z, 6E, 13E)-3,8,8,14,18-pentamethyl-11-methylenenonadeca-2,6,13,17-tetraen-1-ol].