A synthetic route towards cyclopropylic compounds, which act as glucokinase activators is described herein. The present synthesis gives easy and rapid access to a wide variety of either sulfones or sulfonamides starting from readily available late-stage intermediates. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Heuser, S ; Barrett, DG ; Berg, M. ; Bonnier, B ; Kahl, A ; et. al. Synthesis of novel cyclopropylic sulfones and sulfonamides acting as glucokinase activators. In: Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 47, no. 16, p. 2675-2678 (2006)