Facile Synthesis of Thiolacetates from Trichloromethyl Compounds

Moisés Romero-Ortega; Horacio Reyes; Adrián Covarruvias-Zuñiga; Raymundo Cruz; José Gustavo Avila-Zarraga

doi:10.1055/s-2003-42463

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Facile Synthesis of Thiolacetates from Trichloromethyl Compounds

Moisés Romero-Ortega*^a, Horacio Reyes^a, Adrián Covarruvias-Zuñiga^b, Raymundo Cruz^b, José Gustavo Avila-Zarraga^c
^a Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Colón/Paseo Tollocan, Toluca Estado de México, México
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^b Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México D.F., México
^c Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F., México

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Abstract

A new method for the conversion of trichloromethyl compounds into the corresponding thiolacetates by treatment with sodium thiolacetate in the presence of thiolacetic acid is described. This transformation proceeds at room temperature in high yield when a strong electron-withdrawing substituent is attached to the trichloromethyl group.

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trichloromethyl compounds - thiolacetic acid - sodium thiolacetate - thiolacetate derivatives - nucleophilic substitution

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