TFFH as an Excellent Reagent for Acylation of Alcohols, Thiols and Dithiocarbamates

Abstract

A convenient and easy procedure to synthesize esters and thioesters from the corresponding carboxylic acid using TFFH as the coupling reagent is described. The preparation of N-acyl-dithiocarbamates from carboxylic acids and 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thione with TFFH as the coupling reagent is also described.

Key words

esterification - coupling reagents - acylations - esters - thioesters - thioacids - dithiocarbamates

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