Synthesis 2017; 49(06): 1380-1386
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588378
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A Facile Method for the Sulfenyllactonization of Alkenoic Acids Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide Activated by Oxalyl Chloride

Ting Zhang
,
Yifeng Dai
,
Siwei Cheng
,
Yongguo Liu
,
Shaoxiang Yang
,
Baoguo Sun
,
Hongyu Tian*
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Publication History

Received: 07 October 2016

Accepted after revision: 28 November 2016

Publication Date:
19 December 2016 (online)


Abstract

A simple approach has been developed for the sulfenyllactonization of alkenoic acids using dimethyl sulfoxide activated with oxalyl chloride, in which methanesulfenyl chloride is proposed as the intermediate.

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