title: beta-Hydroxysulfoxides as chiral cyclic ketone equivalents: enantioselective synthesis of polysubstituted cyclohexanones, cyclohexenones and cyclohexenediones.
abstract: The beta-hydroxysulfoxide moiety, after oxidation to sulfone, acts as a masked carbonyl group in a cyclic system, opening an easy access to differently substituted enantiomerically pure cyclic ketones by means of aluminium-mediated conjugate additions, stereoselective reductions and elimination by retrocondensation in basic medium.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica (C-I), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain. carmen.carrenno@uam.es
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carreño
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-González
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ribagorda
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Somoza
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urbano