Cyclohutyl phenyl sulfide 2, cyctobutyl phenyl sulfoxide 3 and (SR)-cyclobutyl p-tolyl sulfoxide (SR)-8 have been synthesized and used for the spiroannelation cyclopentanone. In the most effective sequence, lithiated 3 is added to ketones with formation of beta-hydroxy sulfoxides 4a-g, which are ring enlarged and hydrolyzed to cyclopentanones 6a-e and sulfanylcyclopentene 6f, respectively, after reduction to beta-hydroxy sulfides 5a-f. In an asymmetric version using (SR)-8, partial racemization during ring enlargement was observed.