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2-Mercaptoaldehyde dimers and 2,5-dihydrothiophenes from 1,3-oxathiolan-5-ones
McIntosh, John M.,Siddiqui, Maqbool A.
, p. 1872 - 1875 (2007/10/02)
Representative 1,3-oxathiolan-5-ones (6), prepared from 2-mercaptoacids, have been reduced to 2-mercaptoaldehydes 1 with diisobutylaluminum hydride.The aldehydes 1, which appear to exist in several dimeric forms, react with vinyltriphenylphosphonium bromide to give 2,5-dihydrothiophenes.
