... Wonju, 220-710, Korea. Received 26 August 1998, Revised 7 October 1998, Accepted 9 October 1998, Available online 30 April 1999. Abstract. Various thionoesters and thionolactones are readily reduced into the corresponding ethers in high isolated yields by radical desulfurization with organotin hydrides and Et 3 B under mild reaction conditions. Graphical abstract. ... DHR Barton, DO Jang, J. Cs. Jaszberenyi; Tetrahedron Lett., 31 (1990), p. 3991. ...