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A convenient oxidative demasking of 1, 3-dithiolanes and dithianes to carbonyl compounds with TBHP

NB Barhate, PD Shinde, VA Mahajan, RD Wakharkar

Index: Barhate, Nivrutti B; Shinde, Popat D; Mahajan, Vishal A; Wakharkar, Radhika D Tetrahedron Letters, 2002 , vol. 43, # 34 p. 6031 - 6033

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Abstract

Regeneration of carbonyl compounds from their 1, 3-dithiolanes and dithianes was achieved using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP, aq. 70%) in high yields. Thus, an efficient, economical and experimentally simple protocol for dethioacetalization has been demonstrated.