Vinylic sulphoxides from penicillins

Derek H. R. Barton, Ian H. Coates, Peter G. Sammes, Caroline M. Cooper

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1973 · 10 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The sulphenic acid intermediates produced thermally from penicillin sulphoxides can be added across acetylenic esters to produce conjugated sulphoxides in good yield.