Dimercaptoethane oxirane ring opening reaction: β,β′-dihydroxy dithioether synthesis

✍ Scribed by Moufida Romdhani Younes; Mohamed Moncef Chaabouni; Ahmed Baklouti

• Book ID: 104230341
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 91 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)00268-4

✦ Synopsis

The action of dimercaptoethane on alkyl oxiranes in the presence of benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide (Triton B) allows, via regiospecific opening reaction, the preparation of the corresponding b,b%-dihydroxy dithioethers in excellent yields.