SOLVED:Sulfur ylides, like Wittig reagents, are useful intermediates in organic synthesis. Sulfur ylides are formed by the treatment of sulfonium salts with butyllithium. They react with carbonyl compounds to form epoxides. Draw the mechanism for formation of epoxide X from cyclohexanone using a sulfur ylide.

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