One-pot dehydrogenation of carboxylic acid derivatives to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds under mild conditions

Carboxylic acid derivatives such as N-acyl-2-oxazolidones, δ-lactones, and δ-lactams were smoothly dehydrogenated to the corresponding α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in one-pot manner at −78 °C just by treating their lithium enolates with N-tert-butylbenzenesulfinimidoyl chloride.