Shigeo Jo, Shigeo Tanimoto, Tatsuo Oida
1981
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
The reaction of 2-ethoxy-1,3-dithiolane with carbonyl compounds such as aldehydes and ketones was investigated. The reaction proceeded smoothly in the presence of the HgCl2-catalyst to afford 2-substituted and 2,2-disubstituted 1,3-dithiolanes. The reaction also offers an interesting alternative to the previously reported methods of synthesizing 1,3-dithiolanes which involve the acid-catalyzed reaction of carbonyl compounds with 1,2-ethanedithiol.