P. Bird et al., REACTIONS OF EPISULFONIUM IONS FROM THE SULFENYLATION OF ALKENES AND FROM PHENYLTHIO MIGRATION - KINETIC VS THERMODYNAMIC CONTROL, Tetrahedron letters, 36(11), 1995, pp. 1909-1912
The formation of the same cyclic ethers from the sulfenylation of unsa
turated alcohols and from acid catalysed phenylthio migration on diols
via the same intermediate can be explained by kinetic and thermodynam
ic control. Both reactions are synthetically useful. A result from a p
revious Tetrahedron Letter is corrected.