Petroleum is the most used organic resource in the organic chemistry industry, but in many
ways, it is not the ideal chemical feedstock. It is an intractable substance, but thermal …

General methods for sulfoxide and selenoxide synthesis Functionalised sulfoxides and
selenoxides Unsaturated sulfoxides and selenoxides Synthesis of Sulfones and Selenones …

3, 5-Bis (trifluoromethyl) phenyl (BTFP) sulfones 7 have been employed in the Julia−
Kocienski olefination reaction with carbonyl compounds. Sulfones 7 are readily prepared in …

A new methodology to access enantiopure α, α-difluoromethyl alcohols is hereby being
described. The strategy relies on the use of an enantiopure aryl α, α-difluoromethyl sulfoxide …

The reaction between carbanions derived from alkyl 3, 5-bis (trifluoromethyl) phenyl
sulfones and aldehydes, affords with good yields and stereoselectivities the corresponding …

Deprotonation of Benzylic Ethers Using a Hindered Phosphazene Base. A Synthesis of
Benzofurans from Ortho-Substituted Benzaldehydes | Organic Letters ACS ACS Publications …

Bases of the title type (pro-azaphosphatranes) are very strong (pK a ca. 32 in acetonitrile).
After briefly reviewing recent uses of popular nitrogen-containing bases of various types, the …

The synthetic applications of o-halobenzyl and p-halobenzyl sulfones as precursors of 1, 3-
and 1, 5-zwitterionic synthons, respectively, are described. Their α-sulfonyl carbanions …

A variety of multinuclear NMR techniques, in combination with X-ray diffraction methods,
were used to probe the solution structure of α-aryl lithium enolates of bis (4-fluorobenzyl) …

Phosphorus and sulfur ylides are two important classes of reagents in organic chemistry.
While phosphorus ylides and related phosphoryl-stabilized carbanions are used in the most …