Nokami hydroxylative Knoevenagel reaction

The Nokami hydroxylative Knoevenagel reaction has been expanded from the initial report using phenylsulfmylacetonitrile 42 to the use of phenylsulfinylacetates and phenylsulfinylketones. The scope of the carbonyl compound has also been expanded to include ketones as well as aldehydes, but the use of ketones with available a-hydrogens on both sides adds the obvious potential complications in terms of mixtures of products. 

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