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Phenylsulfenyl chloride/N, N-diisopropylethylamine: A useful reagent for cyclic ether formation (sulfenyletherification)

SM Tuladhar, AG Fallis

Index: Tuladhar, Sudersan M.; Fallis, Alex G. Tetrahedron Letters, 1987 , vol. 28, # 5 p. 523 - 526

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Abstract

Abstract A general method for the formation of cyclic ethers and lactones is described. The procedure employs phenylsulfenyl chloride and N, N-diisopropylethylamine to generate an episulfonium ion intermediate from which the cyclic products arise by internal nucleophilic displacement.