Selective desulfurization of 1, 3-dithianes,-oxathiolanes and-thiazolidines by tributyltin hydride

K Schmidt, S O'Neal, TC Chan, CP Alexis, JM Uribe…

Index: Schmidt, K.; O'Neal, S.; Chan, T.C.; Alexis, C.P.; Uribe, J.M.; et al. Tetrahedron Letters, 1989 , vol. 30, # 52 p. 7301 - 7304

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Abstract

Abstract Selective desulfurization of 2-alkyl-1, 3-dithianes,-oxathiolanes, or-thiazolidines 1 with one equivalent of tri-n-butyltin hydride yields acyclic compounds R 1 R 2 CHX (CH 2) n SSnBu 3 (X= S, O, NH; n= 2, 3),(2) which can be destannylated to the corresponding mercaptans 3.