Simple Procedures for the Hydrolysis of Trimethyl Trithioorthocarboxylates to Methyl Thiolcarboxylates. A Convenient Route to Electron-Rich Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Methyl Thiolcarboxylates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1988-27548

Trimethyl trithioorthocarboxylates of N,N-dialkylarylamines, pyrroles and indoles were easily converted into the corresponding methyl thiolcarboxylates by partial hydrolysis with DMSO/water (4:1), at 130 deg C for 5-100 h or with DMSO/35percent aqueous te