“…Thus for example, whereas the addition of Grignard reagents to sec-butylsorbate (1) had been reported to give a mixture of 1,2-, 1,4-and 1,6-adducts, Miginiac et al considered the additions to the corresponding diethylamide 2, a substrate particularly reluctant to 1,2-additions, of a variety of Grignard reagents in an extension of preliminary observations by Normant et al with the same compound (Scheme 2). 1 Moderate yields of the 1,4-adducts 3 were observed when 2 was treated with several alkylmagnesium bromides (33-55%), but MeMgI, TMS-CH 2 MgCl or alkynyl Grignard reagents did not react, and phenylmagnesium bromide as well as allylmagnesium bromide afforded intractable mixtures of products. However, other allylic Grignard reagents reacted with allylic rearrangement in good yields (60-80%) to afford the 1,4-adducts.…”