The Journal of organic chemistry

Chemistry of the β-Thiolactones: Substituent and Solvent Effects on Thermal Decomposition and Comparison with the β-Lactones.

A Noel, B Delpech, D Crich

Index: Aubry, Sylvain; Sasaki, Kaname; Eloy, Laure; Aubert, Genevieve; Retailleau, Pascal; Cresteil, Thierry; Crich, David Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 9, # 20 p. 7134 - 7143

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Abstract

The synthesis of a series of di-, tri-, and tetraalkyl β-thiolactones and β-lactones is described as well as their thermal decomposition with extrusion of carbon oxysulfide and carbon dioxide in two solvents of opposite polarities. The β-thiolactones are considerably more