title: Synthesis of cyclic sulfones by ring-closing metathesis.
abstract: A general and highly efficient synthesis of cyclic sulfones based on ring-closing metathesis has been developed. The synthetic utility of the resulting cyclic sulfones was demonstrated by their participation in stereoselective Diels-Alder reactions and transformation to cyclic dienes by the Ramberg-Bäcklund reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Michael Faraday Laboratories, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115-2862, USA. qyao@niu.edu
authors.forename: Qingwei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D015394:Molecular Structure; D013450:Sulfones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013450:Sulfones