α-(Benzotriazolyl) methyl phenyl thioethers: Convenient reagents for α-phenylthioalkylation of silylated nucleophiles

AR Katritzky, J Chen, SA Belyakov

Index: Katritzky, Alan R.; Chen, Jie; Belyakov, Sergei A. Tetrahedron Letters, 1996 , vol. 37, # 37 p. 6631 - 6634

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Abstract

Stable, crystalline α-(benzotriazolyl) methyl phenyl thioethers (1), easily prepared from carbonyl compounds, thiophenol and benzotriazole, are convenient reagents for the phenylthiomethylation of trimethylsilyl cyanide, trimethylallylsilane, and trimethylsilyl enol ethers to afford the corresponding substituted thioethers and β-phenylthioalkylketones (3) in good yields.