
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bostick, TM 
A1  - Christie, SD 
A1  - Connolly, TJ 
A1  - Copp, S 
A1  - Langler, RF 
A1  - Reid, DL 
A1  - Zaworotko, M 
T1  - A Novel Cyclopropanation
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
SP  - 243
EP  - 247
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9960243 
N2  - 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. 
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