Lewis acid-promoted Baylis–Hillman-type reaction of α,β-unsaturated ethyl thioester with aldehydes without the use of a Lewis base
- 24 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 17,p. 1856-1857
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b204210j
Abstract
The Baylis–Hillman-type reaction of α,β-ethyl thioacrylate with aldehydes has been achieved using diethylaluminium iodide as the promoter without the direct use of any Lewis bases. The reaction provides an effective access to various α-methylene-β-hydroxy thioesters.Keywords
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