High yielding syntheses of mercapto terminated monodisperse dimer,
trimer, and tetramer ethyleneoxide oligomers and of p-hydroxyphenethyl thiol via an alcohol-tosylate-thiol
route are reported. Comparisons are made with the more conventional
alcohol-bromide-thiol route.
thiols - esters - alcohols - thiourea - ethyleneglycol oligomer