Problems and exercisesAddition-cyclization reactions
Exercise 1
Which carbonyl compound is obtained, after hydrolysis and decarboxylation, from the glycidic ester formed in the Darzens condensation of cyclohexanone with ethyl chloroacetate?
Exercise 2
Carvone (an enone) is treated separately with dimethylsulfonium methylide and with dimethylsulfoxonium methylide. What type of product does each reagent give, and why are they different?