Tetrahedron

One pot conversion of alcohols to disulfides mediated by benzyltriethylammonium tetrathiomolybdate

S Sinha, P Ilankumaran, S Chandrasekaran

Index: Sinha, Surajit; Ilankumaran; Chandrasekaran Tetrahedron, 1999 , vol. 55, # 51 p. 14769 - 14776

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Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A one pot conversion of alcohols to disulfides in good yields via the activation of a hydroxyl group with DCC or P(NMe 2 ) 3 / CCl 4 followed by treatment with benzyltriethylammonium tetrathiomolybdate is reported. ... There is partial racemisation (10% of meso isomer) in the formation of 17.