Petroleum Chemistry

Synthesis of 3-alkyl (aryl) thietanes

SE Shevchenko, NP Volynskii

Index: Shevchenko; Volynskii Petroleum Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 48, # 2 p. 123 - 128

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Abstract

Abstract A preparative procedure for the synthesis of thietanes bearing alkyl substituents in the β-position was developed. Using this procedure, 3-substituted thietanes can be obtained in four steps with an ultimate yield of> 50%. 3-R-thietanes (where R= CH 3, C 4 H 9, C 5 H