Abstract
Recently, β-chloro-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds have become increasingly useful as intermediates in organic synthesis. For example, reactions involving a number of different cyclic β-chloro-α,β-unsaturated ketones with a variety of reagents (a malonate anion2, the anion of the dithiolane derivative of ethyl glyoxalate3, zinc-silver couple in methanol4, dimethylsulfoxonium methylide5,6) have produced a series of structurally diverse and potentially fruitful synthetic intermediates. The second-mentioned reagent has also been successfully reacted with a β-chloro-α,β-unsaturated ester3.