“…Slow addition of 209 mL of 2.2 M n-butyllithium to a solution of 113.6 g (0.42 mol) of the dimesylate of trans-1,2cyclohexanediol in 1.8 L of THF under nitrogen at -78 °C was followed by stirring at -78 °C for 1 h. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and to stand for 42 h. The usual workup gave a crude yellow oü which solidified on being allowed to stand and proved to be largely the starting dimesylate of trans-1,2-cyclohexanediol. The crude product was chromatographed on an alumina column by elution with methylene chloride followed by ether to give, after recrystallization from pentane-ether, 1.4 g (1.9%) of the trans sultone 20 as white needles: mp 9),2), ppm (dt, 1); mass spectrum, m/e (relative intensity) 176 (2), 112 (47), 95 (20), 94 (91), 84 (44), 83 (48), 81 (26), 79 (74), 71 (28), 70 (65), 69 (42), 68 (100), 67 (33), 66 (20), 57 (60), 56 (55), 55 (73), 54 (49), 53 (41).…”