Organic Letters · 2005 · 45 citations · 9 references
Natural SciencesBiochemistryChemistryCatalysisInorganic ChemistryOrganic ChemistryOrganic SynthesisRedox CatalysisFormaldehydeMild Reaction ConditionsThiol Chemistry
[reaction: see text] RhCl(PPh(3))(3) catalyzes a reaction of thiols with polychloroalkanes in the presence of triethylamine. This reaction serves as a convenient new method to produce formaldehyde dithioacetals, ethylenedithioethers, thioformates, and dithiocarbonic esters under mild conditions.
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