A mild and highly convenient chemoselective alkylation of thiols using Cs2CO3-TBAI

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 51, 2005, Pages 8931-8935

  Salvatore, Ralph Nicholas ^a,b   Smith, Robert A ^a   Nischwitz, Adam K ^a   Gavin, Terrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl halides; Cesium carbonate; Tetrabutylammonium iodide; Thioethers; Thiols

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; AMINE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLID; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 27944499009     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.10.062     Document Type: Article

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