“…The thermolysis of allylic sulfoxides that are unable to provide a typical syn elimination ( 191 , 192 ) gives rise to 1,3-dienes ( 193 , 194 ) presumably by [2,3]-rearrangement followed by thermal elimination of sulfenic acid, as has been suggested in these cases (Scheme ). , Within synthetic efforts to 9-deoxyprostanoids, the low-yielding preparation of 1,3-dienes by thermolysis of allylic sulfoxides lacking syn hydrogens has been attributed to a sequence of sigmatropic rearrangements . The Reich protocol for the preparation of 1,3-dienes from allylic alcohols has been used in the synthesis of the plant growth regulator (−)-penienone, the natural product (5 R )-thiolactomycin, an inhibitor of fatty acid synthesis, new related inhibitors, and a selectively deuterated cyclononadiene …”