Acetalization and thioacetalization are important transformations for the protection of a carbonyl group in multistep organic synthesis. Acetals and dithioacetals tolerate a wide range of nucleophilic, basic and organometallic reagents, reducing agents, and nonacidic oxidants. Dithioacetals or dithianes are also useful for the generation of masked carbonyl anions which are employed in a C–C bond formation reaction known as Corey-Seebach reaction. 1 Hence, studies on ...