Dimethyl Sulfide → (1R,cis)-2-[2-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-3,3-dimethylcyclopropyl]ethylidene diacetate

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The contents of a 50-ml flask charged with 1-[2-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-3,3-dimethylcyclopropyl]-3-oxo-2-butyl acetate prepared as in Embodiment VI above (11.9 mmol, 100% (1R,cis) both spatial configurations around C--C(O)CH3 present), chloroform (10 ml) and 3-chloroperbenzoic acid (26 mmol) were stirred magnetically for five hours at 20° C. Then, another quantity of 3-chloroperbenzoic acid (6 mmol) was added and stirring was continued for 16 hours. The reaction mixture obtained was continued for 16 hours. The reaction mixture obtained was mixed with dimethyl sulphide (2 ml), keeping the temperature at 20° C., stirring was continued for 15 minutes, dichloromethane (30 ml) was added, the suspended material was filtered off, the filtrate was washed with two 20-ml portions of a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate and two 20-ml portions of a 10%w aqueous solution of sodium chloride. The washed organic phase was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate and the solvent was evaporated (2 kPa) from the dried liquid to leave a residue (2.3 g) containing the desired (100% (1R,cis), yield 63%). The nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of this product showed the following absorptions (using a solution of this product in deuterochloroform and relative to a tetramethylsilane standard):

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