Native silica nanoparticle catalyzed anti-Markovnikov addition of thiols to inactivated alkenes and alkynes: a new route to linear and vinyl thioethers

✍ Scribed by Subhash Banerjee; Jayanta Das; Swadeshmukul Santra

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 256 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.10.110

✦ Synopsis

A new route for the synthesis of linear and vinyl thioethers has been demonstrated using bare silica nanoparticle as catalyst at room temperature under solvent-free conditions. The catalyst can be reused up to six times without loss of catalytic activity.