
%0 Journal Article
%A Bostick, TM 
%A Christie, SD 
%A Connolly, TJ 
%A Copp, S 
%A Langler, RF 
%A Reid, DL 
%A Zaworotko, M 
%T A Novel Cyclopropanation
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1996/02/01
%V 49
%N 2
%P 243-247
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9960243
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9960243 
%X Reaction between benzaldehyde and methyl &#945;- benzylsulfonylacetate furnishes methyl (E)-&#945;- benzylsulfonyl-&#946;-phenylacrylate as the exclusive Knoevenagel adduct. The related condensations between &#945;-benzylsulfonylacetonitrile and paraformaldehyde furnish trans-1-benzylsulfonyl-2-phenylcyclopropane-1-carbonitrile in modest yields. These product structures are established by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Phenylsulfene is ruled out as an intermediate in the formation of the cyclopropane. 
