R. Ballini et al., Amberlyst((R)) 15 as a mild, chemoselective and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for the conversion of carbonyl compounds to 1,3-oxathiolanes, SYNTHESIS-S, (12), 2001, pp. 1826-1829
The synthesis of 1,3-oxathiolanes from carbonyl compounds has been performe
d in good yields using Amberlyst (R) 15 as a convenient, reusable, heteroge
neous catalyst. The procedure can be applied for the chemoselective protect
ion of aldeydes in the presence of a ketone function. In addition, Amberlys
t (R) 15 can be recycled without loss of activity and can be even employed
in the regeneration of carbonyl group.