Water-Promoted Highly Selective Anti-Markovnikov Addition of Thiols to Unactivated Alkenes
Brindaban C. Ranu*, Tanmay Mandal
*Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of
Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India, Email: ocbcr
iacs.res.in
B. C. Ranu, T. Mandal, Synlett, 2007, 925-928.
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973877
Abstract
A highly selective anti-Markovnikov addition of thiols to unactivated alkenes in water at room temperature without any additive is a very simple and efficient method for the synthesis of linear thioethers.
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Key Words
water, anti-Markovnikov addition, thiols, thioethers, arylsulfides, unactivated alkenes
ID: J60-Y2007-0980
