C. Najera et Jm. Sansano, A GENERAL-METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 2-ALKYL SUBSTITUTED 1,3-DIENES STARTING FROM 2-(CHLOROMETHYL)-3-TOSYLPROPENE, Tetrahedron, 50(19), 1994, pp. 5829-5844
The alkylation of the monolithium derived 5 of 2-(chloromethyl)-3-tosy
lpropene (1) with bromo- or iodo-methyltrimethylsilane affords the bet
a-silyl sulfone 7, which after nucleophilic substitution of the chlori
ne atom followed by beta-elimination of tosyltrimethylsilane, promoted
by tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF), gives 2-substituted conjugated
dienes 6 and the outer-ring diene 14. Racemic ipsenol (10b), an aggre
gation pheromone of the bark beetle Ips paraconfusus Lanier, is prepar
ed.