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Base-promoted aminoethylation of thiols with 2-oxazolidinones: a simple synthesis of 2-aminoethyl sulfides

H Ishibashi, M Uegaki, M Sakai, Y Takeda

Index: Ishibashi, Hiroyuki; Uegaki, Masayuki; Sakai, Manami; Takeda, Yoshifumi Tetrahedron, 2001 , vol. 57, # 11 p. 2115 - 2120

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Abstract

A simple synthesis of 2-aminoethyl sulfides using a base-promoted reaction of 2- oxazolidinones with thiols is described. An application of this method to the synthesis of chiral 2-aminoethyl sulfides and sulfur-containing heterocyclic compounds is also presented.