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Synthesis of Sulfides and Mercaptans from Thioketals
Wilson, Stephen R.,Caldera, Patricia,Jester, Michael A.
, p. 3319 - 3321 (2007/10/02)
The treatment of ketone thioketals with excess n-butyllithium in ether at 25 deg C leads to fragmentation to intermediate thioketones, which in most cases are further reduced to mercaptans via β-hydrogen transfer from n-butyllithium.Mercaptide anions form
