Tetrahedron Letters

Thiourea catalysis of NCS in the synthesis of β-chloroethers

PA Bentley, Y Mei, J Du

Index: Bentley, Paul A.; Mei, Yujiang; Du, Juan Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 16 p. 2653 - 2655

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Abstract

Organocatalysts allow environmentally friendly catalysis in a number of synthetic transformations. 1 The organocatalytic properties of urea were initially applied to sulfoxide allylation 2 and Claisen rearrangement, 3 but has since seen as an expanded role. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 However, the synthesis of β-chloroethers by chlorination remains unexplored. Non-organocatalytic methods to prepare β-chloroethers with an ...