Acid-catalyzed ring opening reactions of episulfoxides

K Kondo, A Negishi, I Ojima

Index: Kondo,K. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1972 , vol. 94, # 16 p. 5786 - 5793

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Abstract: The acid-catalyzed ring opening reactions of episulfoxides in various solvents have been studied. The reaction of ethylene episulfoxide (1) in methanol in the presence of sulfuric acid produced thiol sulfinate Za, while that of 1 in ethyl mercaptan afforded disulfide 5. The orientational effect of nucleophiles in the ring openings of unsymmetrically substituted episulfoxides, Le., 7 and 10, were also investigated in several alcohols, ethyl mercaptan, ...