Direct thioesterification from carboxylic acids and thiols catalyzed by a Brønsted acid.
In the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, free carboxylic acids reacted with free thiols directly to afford the corresponding thioesters in high yields.
Iimura
Shinya
S
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Manabe
Kei
K
Kobayashi
Shū
S