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Concise synthesis of 6-sulfonylated 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyrans and 7-sulfonylated 3,4,5,6-tetrahydrothiepines from lactols
Gallos,Dellios
, p. 579 - 584 (2007/10/03)
A concise method for the synthesis of the title compounds has been developed, which involves condensation of lactols with methylthiomethyl p-tolyl sulfone, followed by mesylation and further cyclisation of the elimination products by refluxing with excess of sodium iodide in dimethyl formamide (DMF).