A New and One-Pot Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones by Dehydrogenation of Various Ketones with N-tert-Butyl Phenylsulfinimidoyl Chloride

Abstract α,β-Unsaturated ketones were synthesized by one-pot procedure from various ketones in good to excellent yields on treatment of their lithium enolates with N-tert-butyl phenylsulfinimidoyl chloride (1) under mild conditions.