Three in one: Applying an organocatalytic tandem strategy to build a library of optically active alkynyl, alkenyl, and ketone products, starting from cyclic enones and β-keto sulfones, is shown to be rapid and efficient (see scheme; R=aryl, R′=H or alkyl).
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Paixão et al. (2009) studied this question.