AN EXTREMELY MILD DESULFURIZATION OF THIIRANES - AN EFFICIENT TRANSFORMATION FROM GERANIOL TO (-LINALOOL AND (-)-LINALOOL())

Authors
UENISHI J KUBO Y
Citation
J. Uenishi et Y. Kubo, AN EXTREMELY MILD DESULFURIZATION OF THIIRANES - AN EFFICIENT TRANSFORMATION FROM GERANIOL TO (-LINALOOL AND (-)-LINALOOL()), Tetrahedron letters, 35(36), 1994, pp. 6697-6700
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
36
Year of publication
1994
Pages
6697 - 6700
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:36<6697:AEMDOT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Thiirane was transformed to alkene very efficiently at -78 degrees C b y triethylborane initiated radical reaction with tributyltin hydride. Enantiomerically pure (+)- and (-)-linalools were derived from geranio l in four steps including the alkene formation reaction.