An efficient synthesis of unsymmetrical dithioacetals from sulfoxides and thiols by the magnesium amide-induced pummerer-type reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.69.2645

It has been found that the reactions of sulfoxides bearing hydrogen(s) at the α-position (R 1 SOCHR 2R 3: R 1 = alkyl or Ph; R 2 = H, alkyl, or Ph; R 3 = H or Me) with thiols (R 4SH: R 4 = alkyl or aryl) in the presence of the (diisopropylamino)magnesium