Cobalt mediated regioselective ring opening of oxiranes with benzenethiol: A mechanistic study

A Pandey, A Shukla, RR Srivastava, S Tripathi

Index: Iqbal, Javed; Pandey, Anu; Shukla, Alka; Srivastava, Rajiv Ranjan; Tripathi, Sanjay Tetrahedron, 1990 , vol. 46, # 18 p. 6423 - 6432

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Abstract

: Oxiranes are regioselectively cleaved by benzenethiol in presence of cobalt (II) chloride or Co2 (CO) 8 to the corresponding β-hydroxy sulfides in good yields. A mechanistic study of this reaction reveals that an electron transfer process is involved in these transformations and the reaction is proceeding via the formation of a carbon-cobalt bond.