Synthesis of Some New Cyclopropane Derivatives

Department of Chemistry, H. B. Technological Institute, Kanpur-208 002, India Manuscript received 25 January 1979, accepted 4 August 1979 Dimethyloxosulfonium methylide has been generated by treating its precursor, trimethyloxosulfonium iodide, with sodium hydride in dimethylsulfoxide and reacted with a wide range of \( \propto\), β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to afford a variety of new substituted arylcyclopropyl ketones, the structures of which were supported by IR and NMR spectral studies